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Originally Posted by Sliver
While I am flattered by all the attention, let's get back to the point of this thread. Pretty incredible (and disheartening) dog bite reports have jumped fourfold in just five years. I am also convinced a very small percentage of dog bites ever even get reported so I'm sure the actual number is much higher.
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Why is it disheartening? The article doesn't say dog bites have increased. It states that the number or reports have increased due to education efforts.
Do you seriously think that 4 times as many dogs people in 2013 as in 2009?
According to most reports 2009 had the lowest reported dog attacks in 25 years maybe it's not the greatest starting point. All of that combined is creating a misleading stat.
I would expect that as the city keeps growing, the number of bites will increase, combine that with better reporting it's going to increase no doubt. As a percentage for the population I'd wager that the actual number is fairly similar each year..
If this isn't the case there's something in the water in Calgary causing all the dogs to go crazy.