• Cloudless ☼@lemmy.cafe
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    8 months ago

    In 2009, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia released a five-year review of dog-bite injuries. The review states that 51 percent of attacks were made by pit bulls.

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19644273/

    In 2009, another study was published by the American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology. The study ran for 15 years and it has concluded that pit bulls, German Shepherds, and Rottweilers are among the most common breeds that cause fatal dog attacks in Kentucky State.

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19696575/

    In 2011, the Annals of Surgery published a study, which concluded that Pitbull attacks lead to more expensive hospital bills, higher risk of death, and higher morbidity rates compared to other breeds of dogs.

    https://journals.lww.com/annalsofsurgery/Abstract/2011/04000/Mortality,_Mauling,_and_Maiming_by_Vicious_Dogs.23.aspx

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      8 months ago

      I love dogs, work with them and know a dogs behaviour like the back of my hand.

      Pitbulls are bad but so are most of the bull breeds. The problem is all dog attacks come from working dogs and 95% of the time, people who have no fucking idea about dogs personify them and are completely naive about their capabilities are the problem.

      But yeah, they probably need to be banned.

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      8 months ago

      Or maybe it’s just the type of people who are drawn to this violent record are being terrible dog owners.