[MauiGirl]

Originally Posted by megansmomma

I looked around to see if I could find very specific numbers for ALL dog bites and I found the following information that was very interesting so I thought I would share. The chart breaks down around 100 different breeds of dogs, they types of bites, types of injuries and even has footnotes referring to the different situations of some of the statistics. I was really hoping that I would find some evidence to change my thoughts but this chart was a huge eye opener for me. I'm by no means for breed specific legislation but I do think that there are some dog that are much more dangerous than others.

Dog attack deaths and maimings, U.S. & Canada, September 1982 to December 22, 2009


I also ran across some interesting statistics and then was not able to locate them when I went back to post the link but briefly:

Males dogs are more likely to bite than female
Neutered male is less likely to bite than an intact male

One last comment regarding the above, there are many program that offer free and low cost spay/neuter for Pit Bulls to help curb some of the aggression that is seen. I do believe that as with any family pet this is something at needs to be done for the pet over population in this country.

I don't believe that I am bashing pit owners just stating facts and hope that everyone will look at link to see where the most bites are occurring.

I want to see this, but the link does not work for me.