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Originally Posted by BlackArcher101
You know, I did some more research on this, starting with New Zealand's ban on bully breeds. It looks like places that have implemented breed bans, have not seen a decline in incidents that they were expecting.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breed-...ic_legislation
I have somewhat switched my thinking to ownership level restrictions. Things like mandatory training for certain breeds possibly. Implement actual severe penalties to the owners for even a simple bite and start enforcing them. How many times have we seen a death and the only thing that happens is the dog is put down. Go after that owner, they are the just as guilty here. Make people think "Is this the right dog to get since if something goes wrong with it, I'll be responsible both criminally and financially?" |
To be fair, the studies in the link you provided were focused on bite incidents as opposed to actual fatalities. The 2000 CDC study concluded that fatal attacks are a breed specific problem (pit-bull, rottweiler). It seems there is some debate about that given the lack of adequate sample size. That being said, if we are focusing on fatalities only and not just bites, it seems like a ban of certain breeds still makes sense.