Remember that woman in rural LA county who was killed by a pack of dogs last week?

[baldguy]

189. And why are they wrong? Why is DogsBite a propaganda website?

Because they deliberately use misleading & inaccurate news reports and surveys based on visual identification only. That doesn't work, and here's the proof:

UF College of Veterinary Medicine Dog Breed Identification survey: What kind of dog is that?

http://sheltermedicine.vetmed.ufl.edu/library/research-studies/current-studies/dog-breeds/

We conducted a national survey of dog experts to compare their best guesses for the breeds of dogs in a series of photographs. These visual assessments were compared to DNA breed profiles for the dogs.

More than 5,000 dog experts, including breeders, trainers, groomers, veterinarians, shelter staff, rescuers, and others completed the survey.

Dog 02

Survey Results, Top Responses: 1-Labrador Retriever, 2-American Staffordshire Terrier, 3-No Predominant Breed, 4-Border Collie, 5-Pointer (includes English Pointer).
DNA Results: 50% Catahoula Leopard Dog, 25% Siberian Husky, 9.94% Briard, 5.07% Airedale Terrier

Dog 07

Survey Results, Top Responses: 1-Labrador Retriever, 2-American Staffordshire Terrier, 3-No Predominant Breed, 4-German Shepherd Dog, 5-Staffordshire Bull Terrier
DNA Results: 25% Irish Water Spaniel, 25% Siberian Husky, 25% Boston Terrier, 8.33% Bull Mastiff

Dog 08

Survey Results, Top Responses: 1-Boxer, 2-American Staffordshire Terrier, 3-Staffordshire Bull Terrier, 4-Greyhound, 5-No Predominant Breed
DNA Results: 25% Boxer, 25% Alaskan Malamute, 21.95% Sealyham Terrier, 19.67% Pointer

Dog 17

Survey Results, Top Responses: 1-American Bulldog, 2-Dalmatian, 3-Labrador Retriever, 4-Boxer, 5-American Staffordshire Terrier
DNA Results: 25% Rottweiler, 12.5% Boxer, 12.5% German Shorthaired Pointer, 11.09% Manchester Terrier

Dog 22

Survey Results, Top Responses: 1-No Predominant Breed, 2-German Shepherd Dog, 3-Boxer, 4-Catahoula Leopard Dog, 5-American Staffordshire Terrier
DNA Results: 25% Chow Chow, 12.5% German Shepherd, 12.5% Alaskan Malamute, 14.22% Cairn Terrier

Dog 33

Survey Results, Top Responses: 1-Border Collie, 2-No Predominant Breed, 3-Great Dane, 4-American Staffordshire Terrier, 5-Boston Terrier
DNA Results: 37.5% German Shepherd, 12.5% Rottweiler, 12.5% Weimeraner, 11.44% Irish terrier

Dog 36

Survey Results, Top Responses: 1-American Staffordshire Terrier, 2-Labrador Retriever, 3-No Predominant Breed, 4-Beagle, 5-Staffordshire Bull Terrier
DNA Results: 25% Labrador Retriever, 25% Manchester Terrier, 25% Belgian Sheepdog, 12.5% Boston Terrier

Dog 47

Survey Results, Top Responses: 1-Rottweiler, 2-No Predominant Breed, 3-American Staffordshire Terrier, 4-Plott Hound, 5-Labrador Retriever
DNA Results: 50% American Bulldog, 25% Rottweiler, 12.43% Neopolitan Mastiff, 8.11% Akita

Dog 54

Survey Results, Top Responses: 1-American Staffordshire Terrier, 2-Boxer, 3-American Bulldog, 4-Staffordshire Bull Terrier, 5-No Predominant Breed
DNA Results: 25% Bulldog, 12.5% Mastiff, 12.5% Boxer, 10.42% Tibetan Mastiff

Dog 58

Survey Results, Top Responses: 1-Boxer, 2-Great Dane, 3-American Staffordshire Terrier, 4-American Bulldog, 5-Staffordshire Bull Terrier
DNA Results: 25% Boxer, 25% Entlebucher Mountain Dog, 25% German Spitz, 9.14% Golden Retriever

Dog 63

Survey Results, Top Responses: 1-No Predominant Breed, 2-Boxer, 3-Foxhound (including American, English, Treeing Walker Coonhound), 4-Labrador Retriever, 5-American Staffordshire Terrier
DNA Results: 25% Bulldog, 12.5% Bullmastiff, 7.35% Basset Hound, 7.2% Keeshond

Dog 72

Survey Results, Top Responses: 1-No Predominant Breed, 2-Vizsla, 3-Rhodesian Ridgeback, 4-Redbone Coonhound, 5-American Staffordshire Terrier
DNA Results: 25% American Bulldog, 25% Portuguese Water Dog, 25% Saluki, 1.99% Bichon Frise

Dog 79

Survey Results, Top Responses: 1-No Predominant Breed, 2-American Staffordshire Terrier, 3-Boxer, 4-Beagle, 5-Collie
DNA Results: 25% Doberman Pinscher, 25% Wire Haired Dachshund, 12.5% Samoyed, 12.5% Miniature Schnauzer

Dog 88

Survey Results, Top Responses: 1-American Bulldog, 2-American Staffordshire Terrier, 3-Boxer, 4-Dalmatian, 5-Argentine Dogo
DNA Results: 25% Plott Hound, 25% Boston Terrier, 25% German Spitz, 11.68% Saluki

Dog 89

Survey Results, Top Responses: 1-American Staffordshire Terrier, 2-Rottweiler, 3-Staffordshire Bull Terrier, 4-American Bulldog, 5-Labrador Retriever
DNA Results: 25% Bulldog, 25% Boxer, 12.98% Blue Tick Coonhound, 10.9% Weimeraner

Dog 98

Survey Results, Top Responses: 1-No Predominant Breed, 2-German Shepherd Dog, 3-Plott Hound, 4-Black and Tan Coonhound, 5-American Staffordshire Terrier
DNA Results: 25% Norwegian Elkhound, 25% Miniature Short Haired Dachshund, 14.38% Sealyham Terrier, 10.35% Dogue de Bordeaux

Dog 116

Survey Results, Top Responses:1-No Predominant Breed, 2-Chow Chow, 3-Basenji, 4-American Staffordshire Terrier, 5-Akita
DNA Results: 25% Chow Chow, 25% Catahoula Leopard Dog, 25% Dalmatian, 25% Scottish Terrier

You think there might be a problem with relying on visual identifications?

And if you think that pretty little puppy you got is safe from BSL laws, because there's no way in hell you'd get a Pit Bull, here's a bunch of Pit Bulls the professionals missed:

Dog 11

Survey Results, Top Responses: 1-Australian Cattle Dog, 2-Border Collie, 3-Corgi (including Cardigan, Pembroke), 4-No Predominant Breed, 5-Boston Terrier
DNA Results: 25% Australian Cattle Dog, 25% American Staffordshire Terrier, 3.56% Bull Mastiff, 2.89% Newfoundland

Dog 13

Survey Results, Top Responses: 1-Border Collie, 2-German Shepherd Dog, 3-Basenji, 4-Great Dane, 5-Boston Terrier
DNA Results: 25% German Shepherd, 25% Staffordshire Bull Terrier, 13.36% Weimeraner, 7.29% German Wirehaired Pointer

Dog 57

Survey Results, Top Responses: 1-Labrador Retriever, 2-German Shepherd Dog, 3-No Predominant Breed, 4-Golden Retriever, 5-Anatolian Shepherd Dog
DNA Results: 5% Beauceron, 25% Siberian Husky, 25% American Staffordshire Terrier, 12.73% Schipperke

Dog 62

Survey Results, Top Responses: 1-Schipperke, 2-No Predominant Breed, 3-Corgi (including Cardigan, Pembroke), 4-Basenji, 5-Australian Kelpie
DNA Results: 25% Chow Chow, 25% American Staffordshire Terrier, 25% Siberian Husky, 13.71% Australian Terrier

Dog 68

Survey Results, Top Responses: 1-German Shepherd Dog, 2-No Predominant Breed, 3-Rhodesian Ridgeback, 4-Anatolian Shepherd Dog, 5-Belgian Malinois
DNA Results: 25% American Staffordshire Terrier, 25% French Bulldog, 25% American Foxhound, 22.13% Belgian Tervuren

Dog 83

Survey Results, Top Responses: 1-German Shepherd Dog, 2-No Predominant Breed, 3-Catahoula Leopard Dog, 4-Greyhound, 5-Plott Hound
DNA Results: 25% Boxer, 25% Italian Greyhound, 25% Miniature Short Haired Dachshund, 8.41% Staffordshire Bull Terrier

Dog 99

Survey Results, Top Responses: 1-Labrador Retriever, 2-No Predominant Breed, 3-Pointer (includes English Pointer), 4-Brittany, 5-Foxhound (including American, English, Treeing Walker Coonhound)
DNA Results: 25% American Staffordshire Terrier, 25% Collie, 21.41% Black Russian Terrier, 19.86% Norwegian Buhund

Dog 110

Survey Results, Top Responses: 1-Labrador Retriever, 2-No Predominant Breed, 3-Rhodesian Ridgeback, 4-Boxer, 5-German Shepherd Dog
DNA Results: 50% Staffordshire Bull Terrier, 25% Collie, 25% Small Munsterlander

Dog 111

Survey Results, Top Responses: 1-Basset Hound, 2-Clumber Spaniel, 3-Bulldog (English), 4-No Predominant Breed, 5-Beagle
DNA Results: 25% Basset Hound, 25% American Staffordshire Terrier, 25% Chow Chow, 25% English Cocker Spanie

Dog 117

Survey Results, Top Responses: 1-Pharaoh Hound, 2-Ibizan Hound, 3-No Predominant Breed, 4-Basenji, 5-Great Dane
DNA Results: 50% American Bulldog, 25% American Staffordshire Terrier, 9.28% Pembroke Welsh Corgi, 7.97% Irish Wolfhound

Visual breed identification is 50-50 at best. (In the survey, the professionals got 43/100 wrong.) So, unless your BSL relies exclusively on DNA testing, it's going to make a lot of dogs illegal erroneously, it's going to miss a lot of Pit Bulls, and it's mostly going to do nothing to solve the problem with dog bites.