The NYC subway banned dogs on trains unless they fit into a small bag, so this guy trained his Pitbull to sit in a small bag.(suppo.fi)

Where is all this pit bull hate coming from? They’re not anymore dangerous to people than other breeds of similar size, yet they get such a disproportionate amount of blame. I’m not sure why.

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Saik0@lemmy.saik0.com

-2 points

1 year ago

Statistics… you can look up bite/ attack/ fatality statistics and pit bulls dominate the leaderboards.

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Flying Squid@lemmy.world

3 points

1 year ago

Since 2016, at least 65 different breeds and mixed breeds have been involved in fatal dog attacks in the U.S. including: Akita, Boxer, Doberman Pinscher, German Shepherd, Great Dane, Husky, Labrador Retriever, Mastiff, Pitbull-Type, Rottweiler, and many others.

The risk of being fatally attacked by a dog (of any breed) given an average of 33 fatal attacks every year in the U.S. and a population of 330,000,000. According to CDC data, fatal dog attacks are exceedingly rare - lightning strikes cause more fatalities (~36/year) than dogs.

https://www.fataldogattacks.org/

So even if pit bulls are the “dominant” killers, it’s the “dominant” one out of 33 deaths. Which could be 3.

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Saik0@lemmy.saik0.com

2 points

1 year ago

bite/ attack/ fatality

Yay strawman! I state the above… And then you focus on only one thing! Go argue somewhere else moron. Congrats on ONLY caring about dead people… And not the ones that were maimed/severely hurt.

It’s funny because pulling from another source that’s PRO pitbull… https://thepitbullcenter.com/pitbull-attack-statistics/

In 2020, Pit Bulls caused 33 deaths of adults aged over 20 years. (Pawsome Advice)

So is it 33 deaths total per year for all dogs and pitbulls do 3 of those 33? or 33 attributed to pit bulls period… and there’s only a handful additional deaths per year?

Oh wait, they answer my question too!

14 Pit Bulls caused 22 of 28 adult deaths (79%) and 16 (57%) people killed were females. (Dog Bite Law)

So ~80% of dog fatalities dealing with adults humans were pitbulls… Sounds a bit lopsided since 80% of all dogs in the USA aren’t pitbulls now… doesn’t it?

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Flying Squid@lemmy.world

0 points

1 year ago

You’re the one who brought up fatalities. Not sure how it’s only a strawman when I do it.

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