Statistics on Dog Bite Fatalities for 2007

[ViperAg]

"35 fatal dog attacks occurred in 2007. Pit bull type dogs were responsible for 60%. The next closest breed was the rottweiler at 11%."

http://www.dogsbite.org/bite-fatalities-2007.htm

[sarallyn]

dogsbite.org?!?!?! AHAHAHA. too bad their last site was shut down and the owner was fired from being a police officer.

and did you know that "pit bull" is not a breed?

where was the statistic applying to? the US? who reported the bites? hey, I was bitten by my old lab, and my friend's brother was mauled by a Cocker Spaniel, nothing was reported.

this is ridiculous.

I'd like to see if you actually know what a pit bull is.

[ViperAg]

Ask and you shall receive. :rolleyes:

"Pit Bulls Banned Again In Denver
City Ordinance Enforced Starting Monday

POSTED: 2:18 pm MDT May 9, 2005
UPDATED: 6:04 pm MDT May 9, 2005

DENVER -- It is once again illegal to keep a pit bull in Denver.

The animals were banned by city ordinance in 1989, but a state law passed in 2004 prohibited the singling out of certain breeds of dogs.

The city of Denver sued and In December 2004, Denver District Court Judge Martin F. Egelhoff issued a ruling that the state law violated Denver’s home rule authority under the Colorado state constitution. Egelhoff ruled that the state could not impose such limitations on Denver.

Last month, 150 Denver residents were sent letters from Denver Animal Control, warning them that the city planned to resume its ban outlawing pit bulls within city limits on Monday. More than one dozen dogs were confiscated Monday by animal control officers.

City officials estimated earlier that there were about 4,500 pit bulls kept illegally in Denver before enforcement of the ban ended last April.

Denver's pit bull law prohibits any person from owning, possessing, keeping, exercising control over, maintaining, harboring, or selling a pit bull in the City and County of Denver. A pit bull is defined in the ordinance as any dog that is an American Pit Bull Terrier, an American Staffordshire Terrier, a Straffordshire Bull Terrier, or any dog displaying the majority of physical traits of any one or more of these breeds.

Copies of the three official breed standards are available at the Denver Municipal Animal Shelter, located at 678 South Jason St. For more information, call (303) 698-0076."

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/4467849/detail.html

[sarallyn]

I know Denver has breed specific legislation. So does a town nearby me, but the state is deeming it unconstitutional.

A pit bull is defined in the ordinance as any dog that is an American Pit Bull Terrier, an American Staffordshire Terrier, a Straffordshire Bull Terrier, or any dog displaying the majority of physical traits of any one or more of these breeds.




HAHA. Proving my point.

"....or any dog displaying the majority of physical traits of any one or more of these breeds."

Therefore the Patterdale Terrier, the Cane Corso, Presa Canario, Jack Russel Terrier, American Bulldog, Black Mouth Cur, Catahoula Leopard Dog, etc, etc, are also banned if the government so chooses to make them look like an APBT.

Thus the statistics you showed me from dogsbite.org are complete and utter bullshit.

Amen.

[cheshirekatt84]

Amen indeed...
While I'm not ashamed to admit that there are some Pits out there that are more than a little kooky, I am also not ashamed to admit that I'm more afraid of Golden Retrievers, German Shepherds, Chow Chows, Dalmations, and those little fluffy white dogs that give you the crazy eye if you get too close as they're walking by.
Stupid owner + ill mannered, badly socialized dog = dog bite, and probably in a public place.
In Ontario, good owner + well mannered Pit Bull = leash, muzzle, and people crossing the street when they see you coming.

[ViperAg]

"35 fatal dog attacks occurred in 2007. Pit bull type dogs were responsible for 60%. The next closest breed was the rottweiler at 11%."

Learn how to read Sara.

[sarallyn]

"35 fatal dog attacks occurred in 2007. Pit bull type dogs were responsible for 60%. The next closest breed was the rottweiler at 11%."

Learn how to read Sara.

Exactly, pit bull type dogs.

Proving my point.