On January 18th, 2008 Stephani (not verified) says:
Other breeds in fact do inflict as much damage as a "pit bull type" dog can. A pomeranian killed an infant, same with a daushand. A Jack Russell killed an old lady. A white collie mix sent people to the hospital after it mauled the guys dog. A Mastiff sent a girl to the hopsital after biter her head. A Dobe killed an young child. A toddler and her grandmother was hospitalized due to a Boxer attack, and a Lab was resposible for a woman getting the first facial transplant and yes other breeds have killed people.
Another thing, most people can not identify a pure bred American Pit Bull Terrier let alone a mixed breed mutt which with no pit bull blood. A test was done to see how accurate visual identification was. Only 2% of the people tested correctly identified the APBT with out also incorrectly identifying another breed. They had to take out all mixes, including lab/boxer mixes due to almost 100% false identification. It was found that almost 80% of America's dogs can be lumped into the "pit bull type" catagory. Of special note, this test found out that every one who reported a dislike for the APBT could not correctly identify the APBT. They went for larger breeds like the Dogo, ext. Some people even said other breeds including Labs, Jack Russells, ext were an APBT. No wonder why their bite and fatality numbers are up.
They also are shown in the news alot more. Fear sells and right now any dog that looks like a "pit bull type" dog scares people. No one wants to hear about a lab attack. "A fatal attack by an unremarkable breed is not as newsworthy as a non-fatal attack by a pit bull." ~Karen Delise.
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Other breeds in fact do inflict as much damage as a "pit bull type" dog can. A pomeranian killed an infant, same with a daushand. A Jack Russell killed an old lady. A white collie mix sent people to the hospital after it mauled the guys dog. A Mastiff sent a girl to the hopsital after biter her head. A Dobe killed an young child. A toddler and her grandmother was hospitalized due to a Boxer attack, and a Lab was resposible for a woman getting the first facial transplant and yes other breeds have killed people.
http://www.understand-a-bull.com/Articles/OtherBreedBites/AllDogsBite.ht...
Another thing, most people can not identify a pure bred American Pit Bull Terrier let alone a mixed breed mutt which with no pit bull blood. A test was done to see how accurate visual identification was. Only 2% of the people tested correctly identified the APBT with out also incorrectly identifying another breed. They had to take out all mixes, including lab/boxer mixes due to almost 100% false identification. It was found that almost 80% of America's dogs can be lumped into the "pit bull type" catagory. Of special note, this test found out that every one who reported a dislike for the APBT could not correctly identify the APBT. They went for larger breeds like the Dogo, ext. Some people even said other breeds including Labs, Jack Russells, ext were an APBT. No wonder why their bite and fatality numbers are up.
http://canineresearch.net/breedID.pdf
They also are shown in the news alot more. Fear sells and right now any dog that looks like a "pit bull type" dog scares people. No one wants to hear about a lab attack. "A fatal attack by an unremarkable breed is not as newsworthy as a non-fatal attack by a pit bull." ~Karen Delise.
http://animalfarmfoundation.org/topic.php?id=5&topic=96