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Pet wolf hybrid attacks, kills 3-month old baby in Alabama
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Interestingly, AKC testing showed pitbulls to be among the best breeds with regard to temperament testing. They are large, strong, and often owned by bad people and bred and (not) trained irresponsibly, but there is nothing to suggest that any problems pitbulls have are systemic to the breed.
For whatever reason, ER doctors and Trauma surgeons would beg to differ as to outcome on the front line; for, despite not being the most populous breed, they make up nearly 70% of all human attacks and 52% of all deaths, with the next breed being Rottweilers at only 10%.
70%. Despite 6% of the dog population.
Whether that's a reflection of what I perceive as the oft copout, "it's the owner," that still begs the question of whether that risk is worth assuming for any owner, let alone the people surrounding the unregulated ownership of such an animal.
Whether that's owner negligence (even harder to evidence) or the dog breed, the end-result is the same: it's a breed who exhibits by far the worst outcome.
After all, isn't it funny that all those irresponsible owners of other breeds don't yield similar statistics with comparably-sized breeds...?
In other words, (a) Is there evidence the owner of a Pitbull is inherently less responsible than an owner of a Rottweiler or a Doberman? I've seen no such evidence. (b) Is there a greater demand upon Pitbull owners to offset the risk to owning a Pitbull versus other breeds?
Perfect response