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

[LostOne4Ever]

204. OF THE DOGS LISTED

The 2-100x is based on the websites own numbers in that table. Specifically I said "all the other dogs by 2-100x." the "the" kinda refers to the table. Otherwise I would have said "all other dogs by 2-100x."

Of the dog populations listed off that table they are from 2-100x as numerous. Pitbulls are listed at 4.4% which is 2x bigger than Rotweilers (2.2%) and is over 100x greater than the chow population(0.01%). Again, the tables own numbers.

Further, I question the methods used by the website to get those numbers. This is the same website claiming that pits committed 22 of the 31 fatal dog attacks in 2011...when only 2 of the dogs were ever confirmed as pits. So much for multi sourced media huh?

That is recording the number of pit attacks at 1100% of their actual number. So, yeah, I dont give that websites data much credence.

But again, account for breed and population for any of those statistics and tell me where pits come close to first place?

You want a better way to tell if a dog is dangerous? Try checking out the number of spayed/neutered dogs that attack people compared to those that are intact. In the 2011 case 23 of the dog attacks involved dogs with their reproductive organs intact, and a few of them were unknown (compared to 2 pits). Not only would getting these dogs fixed reduce the number of attacks it would reduce the number of unwanted pets at the same time!

Just a few more statistics. According to wikipedia pitbull population is 1-2million. Lets use the lower number and say its 1million. Lets also say that in 2011 that all 31 attacks were by pits (they werent but lets say they were). What is the population of pits NOT involved in any attacks?

100%*(10^6-31)/10^6=99.9969%

This means 1 in 32200pits were responsible for a death. How about SUPPOSED maimings per year using again that sites numbers.

1268/20=64

100%*(10^6-64)/10^6=99.9936% of pits were not involved! Or 1 in 15000!

Lets use the whole 20 year data (though how many pits live to be 20 years old?):

100%*(10^6-1268)/10^6=99.8732% meaning 1 in 789 pits...again how many pits live for 20 years?

Final statistic. Total fatal dog attacks in the US average around 20 per year. Total average number of lighting strike fatalities in the US per year? 55!!!

So we are talking about banning something that is rarer than getting struck by lighting.