Which Dogs Bite?

[LostOne4Ever]

91. Yeah, it even admits that it ignores issues that don't support their pre-determined opinion

That report dismisses the issue with positively identifying pb with media report AND intentionally treats 3 different breeds of dogs as 1 breed AND admits to over counting pitbulls AND despite giving population numbers for 48 breeds of dog never corrects for population.

Just using his data puts other dogs above it (whether Wolf hybrids, Rotweilers, or bull mastiffs) above pitbulls in almost every catagory when you adjust for breed and population.

But Clifton is so set in his determination to get everyone to hate the breed he dismisses these issues as if they were nothing and just repeats his flawed findings over and over and over again on his FB page.

Here is the attacks doing bodily harm (adbh) when you adjust for population differences and treat it on a breed by breed basis:

Breed/ population/ adbh/ Child victims/ adult victims/ deaths/ maulings

1. Rottweiler/ 0.003%/ 16,033,333.33/ 9,066,666.67/ 4,200,000.00/ 2,600,000.00/ 8,933,333.33


2. Wolf Hybrid/ 0.001%/ 8,400,000.00/ 6,900,000.00/ 500,000.00/ 1,900,000.00/ 4,800,000.00


3. Bull mastiff (Presa Canario)/ 0.002%/ 3,800,000.00/ 1,500,000.00/ 1,400,000.00/ 550,000.00/ 2,200,000.00


4. Pit bull Terrier (averaged to 1 breed)/ 0.011%/ 2,005,050.51/ 840,404.04/ 700,000.00/ 211,111.11/ 1,113,131.31


5. Akita/ 0.004%/ 1,625,000.00/ 1,050,000.00/ 475,000.00/ 200,000.00/ 1,175,000.00


6. Boxer/ 0.004%/ 1,200,000.00/ 350,000.00/ 375,000.00/ 125,000.00/ 500,000.00


7. Chow/ 0.007%/ 771,428.57/ 514,285.71/ 214,285.71/ 100,000.00/ 514,285.71


8. German Shepherd/ 0.014%/ 664,285.71/ 421,428.57/ 185,714.29/ 92,857.14/ 407,142.86


9. Labrador / 0.007%/ 642,857.14/ 457,142.86/ 157,142.86/ 42,857.14/ 485,714.29


10. Great Dane/ 0.007%/ 442,857.14/ 128,571.43/ 100,000.00/ 42,857.14/ 200,000.00/

Here is deaths when you adjust for population and treat it on a breed by breed basis:

Breed population adbh Child victims adult victims deaths maulings

1. Rottweiler 0.003% 16,033,333.33 9,066,666.67 4,200,000.00 2,600,000.00 8,933,333.33


2. Wolf Hybrid 0.001% 8,400,000.00 6,900,000.00 500,000.00 1,900,000.00 4,800,000.00


3. Bull mastiff (Presa Canario) 0.002% 3,800,000.00 1,500,000.00 1,400,000.00 550,000.00 2,200,000.00


4. Pit bull Terrier (averaged to 1 breed) 0.011% 2,005,050.51 840,404.04 700,000.00 211,111.11 1,113,131.31


5. Akita 0.004% 1,625,000.00 1,050,000.00 475,000.00 200,000.00 1,175,000.00


6. Malamute 0.003% 433,333.33 366,666.67 66,666.67 166,666.67 166,666.67


7. Boxer 0.004% 1,200,000.00 350,000.00 375,000.00 125,000.00 500,000.00


8. Husky 0.020% 330,000.00 205,000.00 20,000.00 110,000.00 90,000.00


9. Chow 0.007% 771,428.57 514,285.71 214,285.71 100,000.00 514,285.71


10. Doberman 0.007% 214,285.71 114,285.71 100,000.00 100,000.00 100,000.00

It should be noted that these numbers don't even agree with the extremely anti-pit bull website dogbites which used another version of his report. Using that version Chows come out on top in every category and they lump bulldogs with pitbulls.

Lets also not ignore that there are on average ~20 dog (not just pitbulls but dogs in general) attack fatalities a year in the US while lighting, on average, tends to kill 55 people in the US a year. So we are talking about something that happens less often than a lighting strike.

But then again our brains don't understand probability very well.

Edit: if you want i can throw in the numbers for all 48 breeds he gave data on in both categories.