• strobel@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      Where is all this pit bull hate coming from? They’re not anymore dangerous to people than other breeds of similar size, yet they get such a disproportionate amount of blame. I’m not sure why.

      • Saik0@lemmy.saik0.com
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        1 year ago

        Statistics… you can look up bite/ attack/ fatality statistics and pit bulls dominate the leaderboards.

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          Since 2016, at least 65 different breeds and mixed breeds have been involved in fatal dog attacks in the U.S. including: Akita, Boxer, Doberman Pinscher, German Shepherd, Great Dane, Husky, Labrador Retriever, Mastiff, Pitbull-Type, Rottweiler, and many others.

          The risk of being fatally attacked by a dog (of any breed) given an average of 33 fatal attacks every year in the U.S. and a population of 330,000,000. According to CDC data, fatal dog attacks are exceedingly rare - lightning strikes cause more fatalities (~36/year) than dogs.

          https://www.fataldogattacks.org/

          So even if pit bulls are the “dominant” killers, it’s the “dominant” one out of 33 deaths. Which could be 3.