In 2011 almost 9000 people were hospitalized because of dog attacks (a 55% increase from 2001).

[Arugula Latte]

26. Dogs can usually do a hell of a lot more damage than cats, though.

My son got off the school bus one time and the neighbor's dog just came up to him and bit his leg, drawing blood. My son wasn't even looking at the dog; hadn't even seen it until it bit him. When I was a kid a neighbor's dog bit my hand out of the blue (I was pissed because that dog shared my name; I thought we were simpatico, Lol). My sister had to get stitches in her face from our grandparents' poodle. A friend of mine was mauled by a "friendly" pet dog when she a child and had to get surgery on her face. And so on.

Also, when was the last time you heard somebody being killed by a cat? I guess it has happened in human history, probably through untreated infection, but that death toll is rather low.

Hmm, I guess all this is partially why nobody in our family is a dog person...