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Originally Posted by mrkajz44
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.
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Right, but then you will just have other breeds being the main culprits, like cane corso or mastiff, possibly shepherds. This has happened in other countries/cities with pitbull type dog bans.
I like the idea of doing training classes, but someone would have to setup a whole infrastructure to do this and with the minimal deaths from dogs (1 to 2 in Canada annually), I can't see any sort of government taking on that responsibility and cost. People can smoke and eat substantial amounts of fast food without anyone intervening, even though these things kill thousands of people annually here.
I like the muzzle idea, being out in public, but when dogs are in their yards and escape and maul someone to death, those people need to see jail time.