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Originally Posted by Ellie May 
Sine pit bulls bites seem to always make the news, that number isn't all that high. It looks like less than 100 a year? More kids drown in swimming pools yearly than that... There are double the # of drowning in the US in one year than injury from pit bulls in 20 years if we go by that site.
And there is absolutely no way they can do a % of pit bull population estimate. There are hundreds of thousands + more dogs that aren't registered. It is impossible to estimate.
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Yep. I would know, my brother is part of the statistics as he drowned in 2006. We have been working for nearly 5yrs to get a few simple laws passed and it's nearly impossible and gets passed by every year, yet
thousands are drowning every year. 1 in 5 children drown with lifeguards present. It's the second leading cause of death in children 14 and under and actually the first leading in approx. 14 states, I believe. It's an even larger problem yet nobody pays attention it... but because Pit Bulls are "popular" in the media, it gets more recognition.
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Originally Posted by gemy I"d like to see mandatory chipping instituted by all registries in North America. All litters must be chipped, and then when sold the microchip info is transferred to new owner.
Then I'd like to see mandatory reporting, using a chip scanner that then identifies the breed, the bite, the person bit by age and sex, the emergency care given, and a short narrative of incidence description. A standard form that must be filled out by the health care or emt that attends to the person.
In my opinion on all these dog bites stats, we have "garbage in" and therefor no reliable stats out.
I'd also like to see mandatory reporting of health stats that are collected by vets, entered into a OFA like database, sorted by chip number by breed, etc.
I'd like to see that city dog licensing requires a universally identifiable chip, that will help to identify the crossbreeds or mutts.
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I think that sounds like a fantastic idea!