So is it a myth that pit bulls attack more than other dogs? Here are the numbers: last year in the city of Las Vegas, there were 364 reports of bites by pit bulls. That was the most of any breed. Next on the list were Chihuahuas with 122 bite reports. - KTNV
Pit Bulls Lead ‘Bite’ Counts Across U.S. Cities and Counties
Pit bulls are the top biters and top killers, who would have thunk it?
Merritt Clifton, editor of Animal People, has released a 30-year summary of his report, Dog Attack Deaths and Maimings, U.S. & Canada, September 1982 to December 26, 2011, highlighting trends involving pit bulls. The data shows that fatal and serious maulings by pit bulls have greatly escalated in the past 10 years. Furthermore, 39% of the total number of pit bull attacks and 42% of the fatalities have occurred since the 2007 Michael Vick case alone. - DogsBite.org
The truth hurts. By the way, RIP Ruffy “Pops” Dunaway (attacks on pets are not included in the report; it would take a whole forest worth of trees to print that report).
- 31 U.S. fatal dog attacks occurred in 2011. Despite being regulated in Military Housing areas and over 650 U.S. cities, pit bulls led these attacks accounting for 71% (22). Pit bulls make up less than 5% of the total U.S. dog population.
- Notably in 2011, adult victims of fatal pit bull attacks more than doubled the number of child victims. Of the 22 total pit bull victims, 68% (15) fell between the ages of 32 to 76, and 32% (7) were ages 5 years and younger.
- The year 2011 also marks an increase in pet pit bulls killing their owners. Of the 8 total instances this year in which a family dog inflicted fatal injury to its primary caretaker, the dog’s owner, 88% (7) involved pet pit bulls. (DogsBite.org)
2011 was a new year in the Nuttercide phenomenon.
Nuttercide is a subset of pit bull homicides and refers to pit bull owners, Pit Nutters, who are brutally struck down and killed by their once “loyal” pit bull. (Maul Talk Manual)
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