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Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom  Yes, but this is true of all breeds of creatures (including human). It doesn't mean we should outlaw a creature or a breed/race (including human) because they have a higher or different propensity to 'snap'. IMHO.
It is important to educate on what can cause higher propensities to snap, in humans or other creatures. It's also important to punish appropriately for dog fighting and cruelty.
I don't know what the solution is to this ongoing problem, but I do know it's not about outlawing a breed. When you outlaw *any* breed and set a precedence, more breeds will follow. |
I agree.
from AVMA.org:
Statistics on fatalities and injuries caused by dogs
cannot be responsibly used to document the “dangerousness”
of a particular breed, relative to other breeds,
for several reasons. First, a dog’s tendency to bite
depends on at least 5 interacting factors: heredity, early
experience, later socialization and training, health
(medical and behavioral), and victim behavior.7
Second, there is no reliable way to identify the number
of dogs of a particular breed in the canine population
at any given time (eg, 10 attacks by Doberman
Pinschers relative to a total population of 10 dogs
implies a different risk than 10 attacks by Labrador
Retrievers relative to a population of 1,000 dogs).
Third, statistics may be skewed, because often they do
not consider multiple incidents caused by a single animal.
Fourth, breed is often identified by individuals
who are not familiar with breed characteristics and
who commonly identify dogs of mixed ancestry as if
they were purebreds. Fifth, the popularity of breeds
changes over time, making comparison of breed-specific
bite rates unreliable.