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Originally Posted by westopher
Says more about the people you grew up with than the breed of dog.
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Yea, perfect breed to be around toddlers and kids, they are never the breed in the news.
According to.. dog bites.org pit bulls are by far the worst offenders for both severity and frequency…
https://www.dogsbite.org/dog-bite-st...statistics.php
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The probability of a bite resulting in a complex wound was 4.4 times higher for pit bulls compared with the other top-biting breeds ... and the odds of an off-property attack by a pit bull was 2.7 times greater.
Dog-Bite Injuries to the Craniofacial Region: An Epidemiologic and Pattern-of-Injury Review at a Level 1 Trauma Center, by Khan et al., MS J Oral Maxillofac Surg, March 2020
Parental presence was reported in 43.6% of cases ... The most commonly identified breed was the pit bull ... Pit bulls were also the most commonly identified breed involved in major injuries.
Pediatric Dog Bite Injuries in Central Texas, by Abraham et al., Journal of Pediatric Surgery, July 2019
Physical characteristics like brachycephalic head shape and weight between 66 and 100 pounds were found to have both the highest bite risk and highest average tissue damage per bite.
Dog Bite Injuries to the Face: Is There Risk with Breed Ownership? A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis, by Essig et al., Int. J. Pediatr. Otorhinolaryngol, February 2019
Our data were consistent with others, in that an operative intervention was more than 3 times as likely to be associated with a pit bull injury than with any other breed.
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https://www.statista.com/chart/15446...xoCni4QAvD_BwE
284 fatalities from pit bull attacks in a 20 year period with Roweilers coming in at second with a measly 45.
The data is the same wherever you look.
Can say whatever you want about the owner, if you’ve got young kids and have pit bull as a pet, you’re a fool. Maybe all pit bull owners are “bad” because they are dumb enough to choose this breed as a pet?