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Originally Posted by llwhiteoutll
How do you classify a dangerous breed then? Are we going to go off number of bites? Are we only going to outlaw dogs that have a greater than 50% DNA contribution from one of these breeds or is even having a small amount enough to warrant inclusion?
Because I think you'll run into a little bit more resistance when you start in on German Shepards, Labrador Retrivers and Rottweilers. Then in a few years when they drop off in bite occurrences, we can start going after the next batch that has moved up the list.
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I think you’re getting “scope creep” here. The spirit and intent of these bans are to reduce bites that cause
serious injury and death, not all bites. Obviously, zero dog bites would be ideal but it’s not an achievable goal. Now, it would appear with Toronto that they have evidence to correlate the banning of pitbulls to fewer serious bites. That would indicate banning pit bulls is a reasonable proposal in the name of public safety.