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In reply to the discussion: Celebrities with their Pit Bulls [View all]baldguy
(36,649 posts)And that nothing that is either listed in that article, or the sources linked to it (where your numbers come from) address any of the issues spelled out by LostOne4Ever in Reply # 79?
Just look at the first one: A 9-year (197988) review of fatal dog attacks in the United States (http://www.dogsbite.org/pdf/1979-1988-dog-bite-related-fatalities.pdf). I can identify the basic problems with this report and I know the answers to all of the simple questions listed below. Let's see if you can find the problems with it. It's your link. You defend it.
-How did the authors determine the breed of the dog?
-How do they account for all the various breeds that are described as Pit Bulls (the American Pit Bull Terrier, the American Staffordshire Terrier, the Staffordshire Bull Terrier, and the American Bulldog - according to YOUR link)?
-How do they categorize crossbred dogs?
-How do they account for the larger population of Pit Bull-types?
-Do they make any reference to the condition of the dogs involved?
-What manner of training & socialization did the dogs have?
-Had the dogs been spayed/neutered?
-Had the dogs been abused in any way?
And did you even notice that this particular link goes directly back to the notorious DogsBite.org?