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Pit bulls and Rottweilers 5% in population, 50% of fatal attacks
In Response To: Pit bulls attack seeing-eye dog in Victoria ()

Pitbulls and Rottweilers make up just 5% of all breeds advertised from the Lower Mainland in the AAS database, although they account for almost 50% of fatal attacks in the U.S. from 1979 to 1998:

Dr. Jeffrey Sacks - Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Dog breed and number of deaths.

Pit Bull -- 76
Rottweiler -- 44
German Shepherd -- 27
Husky -- 21
Malamute -- 15
Wolf-Dog Hybrid -- 14
Mixed Breed -- 12
Chow-Chow -- 11
Doberman-Pinscher -- 9
Great Dane -- 8
St. Bernard -- 8

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Pit bulls attack seeing-eye dog in Victoria
Re: Pit bulls attack seeing-eye dog in Victoria
The woman who has the dog....
Pit Bull attacks young Golden Retriever at Vancouver off leash park and then the City pound returns the pit bull to the owner!
Reaction to attack on Golden Retriever by Pit Bull defender is regretably typical
Another pit bull attacks, but gets to go home
Guide Dog On The Mend *LINK* *PIC*
Owners of certain dog breeds may have trouble getting home insurance
Funny thing is...
Spurious argument number one against breed specific controls: Small breeds are just as dangerous as protection/fighting breeds
Spurious argument number five against breed specific controls: Get the dog's owner to carry extra liability insurance
Spurious argument number two against breed specific controls: We just have to make people behave responsibly
Spurious argument number three against breed specific controls: Ban the deed, not the breed
Spurious argument number four against breed specific controls: The "slippery slope" argument
Re: Spurious argument number four against breed specific controls: The "slippery slope" argument
Market corrections are going to take this issue out of the hands of power breed defenders and weak-kneed politicians
Child victims of dog attacks do not die quickly
Dog Bite Law: Severe injuries occur almost exclusively in children less than 10 years of age *LINK*
Pit bulls and Rottweilers 5% in population, 50% of fatal attacks
Victoria: Tougher laws, steeper fines designed to make owners of vicious dogs accountable for actions
Insurance companies are becoming less willing to risk potential lawsuits related to dog bites.
If there has been consideration of holding parents responsible for their children's actions, why are pet owners not?
Sun & Province Letters to the Editor March 26/04
These people are metaphorically throwing children to the wolves
Victoria could add teeth to dog bylaws

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