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Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates
Based on this site, the percentage of pit bull type dogs in the US was 4.9% in 2016.
US Dog Breeds
If the 70%+ representation in deadly attacks is accurate, there's undeniably an insanely disproportionate ratio of violent attacks to these related breeds.
Unless these stats are incorrect, this really should be the baseline of the debate. Are the breeds to blame, or are bad owners being drawn to these breeds and causing this disproportion?
That's a valid question; but lets not pretend the disproportion doesn't even exist. |
Agree with everything you say.
My issue is that everywhere i am reading stuff, it appears that several breeds are being identified all as pits. IF that is the case, all the numbers are completely out of whack, and the more i read it seems like that is indeed the case. We need accurate numbers to make any base decision on.
I will say at least anecdotally, pitbulls do seem to attract the group of owners we can all identify as....less than ideal however. Certainly not all or even most, but that certain segment of people who should be the last ones raising big animals...or animals of any sort...or children for that matter.