or «Pit
bull attacks dog on the street, injuring it severely!»
So, we see a number of attacks when an escaped pit
bull attacks a dog that is being walked by someone, the person tries to save their dog, and they end up injured, too.
As previously stated almost every case Iâ $ ™ ve seen of pit
bulls attacking the dog was taught to be vicious.
Not exact matches
The breed type responsible for the largest proportion of
dog attacks were
Bull breeds, who were responsible for nearly a third of all reported
attacks (28 %).
Linda Oliver's guide
dog, Zoe, was
attacked at a busy summer event by a Staffordshire
bull terrier.
BSL has not prevented
dog attacks, nor has it eradicated the Pit
Bull in the UK despite having devastating consequences for some breed - types.
Bull terriers, Staffordshire bull terriers and pit bull terriers are among the most frequent offenders, with around one in three of the dogs carrying out attacks from this bull breed gr
Bull terriers, Staffordshire
bull terriers and pit bull terriers are among the most frequent offenders, with around one in three of the dogs carrying out attacks from this bull breed gr
bull terriers and pit
bull terriers are among the most frequent offenders, with around one in three of the dogs carrying out attacks from this bull breed gr
bull terriers are among the most frequent offenders, with around one in three of the
dogs carrying out
attacks from this
bull breed gr
bull breed group.
Dogs Trust is also concerned about the large numbers of
Bull breeds that are being abandoned following increasing publicity associating them with
dog attacks, crime and antisocial behaviour.
«There was a pit
bull on his face»: Blind man's Seeing Eye
dog is
attacked by a «fake» service
dog on board a train.
The State of Ohio labels pit
bulls as vicious and places them under the same restrictions as
dogs that have actually
attacked and injured people or maimed or killed other animals.
CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA — Australia may ban imports of pit
bull terriers and other fighting
dogs in line with measures taken by Britain after recent
attacks.
From 1930 to 1960, when under 1 % of the U.S.
dog population had been sterilized, the U.S. had 15
dog attack fatalities, nine by pit
bulls, two by Dobermans.
In the last few months, the papers have been rife with stories about «bad breed's» of
dogs attacking and mauling, the most common breeds having fingers pointed at them being
Bull Terriers and Rottweilers.
We try to change perceptions of pit
bulls in general,» Katz insisted to San Francisco Chronicle columnist C.W. Nevius in January 2013, but she was nonetheless the target of tens of thousands of furious e-mails, Facebook messages, and telephone calls after a San Francisco Police Department Vicious & Dangerous
Dog Hearing on August 23, 2014 ordered that a pit
bull named Charlie be euthanized for an
attack on a U.S. Park Police officer and his horse 17 days earlier.
If they
attack they just get quarantined for a while where as a pit
bull who isn't as high up on the aggressive list as a lot of household family
dogs, they would get shot on spot.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A 3 - year - old American pit
bull terrier is being treated in the intensive care unit at Lauderdale Veterinary Specialists in Fort Lauderdale after the owner reported that the
dog was
attacked by bears in Big Cypress Friday night.
Many Pit
Bull attacks being reported by news outlets are either committed by a
dog of some other breed or by a Pit
Bull Terrier who was provoked.
Adding to the problem is the phenomenon that so many people have become so indoctrinated by the media that «pit
bulls» ARE dangerous
dogs, and are THE MOST dangerous
dogs that if they witness a
dog attack or are the victim of one they will automatically assume the
dog must be a «pit
bull» and will report it as such - because any
dog who
attacks must necessarily be a «pit
bull».
If they reported «A child walks into a yard of an abused
dog and gets bit» they won't get as much of a reaction if they say «A family Pit
Bull attacked a child unprovoked».
Currently, with more than 70 % of the U.S.
dog population sterilized, we are averaging about 35
dog attack fatalities per year, 30 of them by pit
bulls.
In light of a recent series of
dog attacks, the New York City Housing Authority announced earlier this year that pit
bulls, Rottweilers, Doberman Pinschers, and any
dogs weighing over 25 pounds could not be newly purchased by residents of New York City public housing projects.
There are several articles from the early 80s about
attacks by pit
bulls and other
dogs.
Out of those
attacks, 11 different breeds were cited, and not one was reported to be a pit
bull or a pit
bull - type
dog.
Of the 4,558
dogs involved in fatal and disfiguring
attacks on humans occurring in the U.S. & Canada since September 1982, when I began logging the data, 2,923 (64 %) were pit
bulls; 541 were Rottweilers; 3,696 were of related molosser breeds, including pit
bulls, Rottweilers, mastiffs, boxers, and their mixes.
Heading the website is this statement: «In the 3 - year period from 2006 to 2008, pit
bull type
dogs killed 52 Americans and accounted for 59 % of all fatal
attacks.
Let's not compare mosquito bites with shark
attacks — Pit
Bulls are dangerous
dogs, you get bitten once and that's it — especially vulnerable people.
Here is an example --» In the 10 - year period from 2005 to 2014, two
dog breeds accounted for 74 % of the
attacks that resulted in death: pit
bulls and rottweilers.
These
attacks are happening in public places, in people \'s own gardens and even in the street... We can not stress enough to the public, to breeders, to pit
bull owners and to those rescuing these
dogs, that no amount of socialisation or love can remove their genetics and their propensity for
dog aggression and animal aggression... we can never change their genetic make up... Even the most
dog friendly, relaxed pit
bull often does show some kind of
dog aggression sometime in its life.»
OKLAHOMA The loose pit
bulls that
attacked a couple and their
dogs in Oklahoma City reportedly also
attacked a jogger the next day.
«PIT
BULL ATTACKS CHILD» or «UNKNOWN BREED OF
DOG ATTACKS CHILD»?
Obviously you won't have a fire extinguisher handy in the normal course of a day's outdoors activities, but in the U.S., of 123 fatal or maiming
attacks on children in 2013 so far (120 of them by pit
bull type
dogs), 47 occurred on public streets, but 49 of them occurred at home.
More importantly, many
dogs will display behavioral signs signifying the potential for aggression prior to the
attack, Pit
Bulls included.
KATHRYN HAWKINS, DVM After seeing another
dog die from a pit
bull attack, I feel compelled to write.
This is a real fact though, the majority of
dogs that
attack people that are claimed to be pit
bulls are in fact not pit
bulls but
dogs of similar breeds that closely resemble pits.
A Brevard County girl was rescued from a pit
bull attack over the weekend by her mother, who used a bicycle to fight off the two
dogs.
A pit
bull BSL works EVERYWHERE it is useful in almost eliminating all serious
dog attacks that maim, disfigure, dismember, maul, cripple.
321 humans have been killed or disfigured by
dogs during calendar year 2013; 316 of those
attacks were by pit
bulls.
Dog attacks surge 76 % in England in 10 years, coinciding with exemption of Staffordshire pit
bulls from the Dangerous
Dogs Act
STEVE DUNO,
dog trainer, pit
bull owner «The
dogs that participated in these
attacks weren't Pekingese.
Unfortunately,
dog attacks continue and increase... and pit
bulls are the breed primarily responsible.
Since 1982, pit
bulls have killed 259 of the 511 North American victims of fatal
dog attacks.
Hart said pit
bulls are responsible for about 60 percent of
dog attack fatalities each year, which is «way out of proportion» compared with other breeds.
pit
bulls cause about 75 - 80 % of deaths from
dog attacks, and kill about one person every 12 days, that doesn't even count all the maulings.
There is no definitive source for animal
attack statistics, but pit
bull fanciers claim that statistics show other breeds of
dog bite more frequently — German shepherds lead the list — and accuse the media of publicizing only pit
bull maulings.
Of the 5,206
dogs involved in fatal and disfiguring
attacks on humans occurring in the U.S. & Canada since September 1982, when I began logging the data, 3,595 (68 %) were pit
bulls; 567 were Rottweilers; 4,713 (85 %) were of related molosser breeds, including pit
bulls, Rottweilers, mastiffs,
bull mastiffs, boxers, and their mixes.
The chief
dog warden of Lucas County testified that: (1) when pit
bulls attack, they are more likely to inflict severe damage to their victim than other breeds of
dogs; (2) pit
bulls have killed more Ohioans than any other breed of
dog; (3) Toledo police officers fire their weapons in the line of duty at pit
bulls more often than they fire weapons at people and all other breeds of
dogs combined; (4) pit
bulls are frequently shot during drug raids because pit
bulls are encountered more frequently in drug raids than any other
dog breed....
During the last eight - year period that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studied fatal
attacks by breed (1991 to 1998), pit
bulls were estimated at 1 percent of the U.S.
dog population.
The reality, though, for way too many
dog owners is the sudden, unprovoked, violent and very serious
attack from a pit
bull.
I have seen pit
bulls attack and injure other
dogs.
May 1976, Fresno County, CA Misty Lee, 6 Fatal pit
bull attack Prior to the 1970's, pit
bulls were often called pit
dogs, pit bulldogs,
bull terriers and bulldogs.