For real. That's extremely irresponsible, especially if the pound/rescue is adopting them out to someone else. Eventually someone will get sued over that, wait for it.
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For real. That's extremely irresponsible, especially if the pound/rescue is adopting them out to someone else. Eventually someone will get sued over that, wait for it.
A Michigan man is facing murder charges after his three dogs brutally attacked and killed a 9-year-old girl in Detroit earlier this week.
Pierre Cleveland, 33, was charged with second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter and for having a dangerous animal causing death, the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office said.
The vicious attack unfolded around 4 p.m. Monday. The girl, Emma Hernandez, was riding her bike down an alley near her home in Detroit when three pit bulls attacked her.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/detroit-girl-pit-bulls-man-charged-murder
Pierre Cleveland, 33, was charged with second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter and for having a dangerous animal causing death, the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office said.
The vicious attack unfolded around 4 p.m. Monday. The girl, Emma Hernandez, was riding her bike down an alley near her home in Detroit when three pit bulls attacked her.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/detroit-girl-pit-bulls-man-charged-murder
Created: May 10, 2019
Last updated: June 3, 2019
2018 U.S. Dog Bite Fatality Statistics - DogsBite.org
Fatal Dog Attack Statistics
DogsBite.org recorded 36 fatal dog attacks in 2018. Pit bulls contributed to 72% (26) of these deaths -- over 8 times more than the next closest breed, "mixed-breed," with 3 deaths. Nine different dog breeds contributed to lethal attacks in 2018. Two deaths were unreported, but were captured through our records requests. The last time the CDC collected "breed" data about dogs involved in fatal human attacks was 1998. Pit bulls have killed over 370 Americans since.
36 U.S. dog bite-related fatalities occurred in 2018. Despite being regulated in Military Housing areas and over 900 U.S. cities, pit bulls contributed to 72% (26) of these deaths. Pit bulls make up about 7% of the total U.S. dog population.
During the 14-year period of 2005 to 2018, canines killed 471 Americans. Two dog breeds, pit bulls (311) and rottweilers (47), contributed to 76% (358) of these deaths. 33 different dog breeds contributed to the remaining fatal dog maulings.
In the year of 2018, the combination of pit bulls (26), rottweilers (2) and mastiff-type guard dogs and war dogs (4) -- the types used to create "baiting" bull breeds and fighting breeds -- accounted for 89% (32) of all dog bite-related fatalities.
See full report: 2018 U.S. Dog Bite Fatality Statistics - DogsBite.org
News release: Nonprofit Releases 2018 Dog Bite Fatality Statistics and Trends from the 14-Year Data Set (2005 to 2018)
This year's release includes statistics from our 14-year data set. From Jan. 1, 2005 to Dec. 31, 2018, canines killed 471 Americans. Pit bulls contributed to 66% (311) of these deaths. Combined, pit bulls (311) and rottweilers (47) contributed to 76% (358) of attacks resulting in death. When mastiff-type guard dogs and war dogs are added -- the types used to create "baiting" bull breeds and fighting breeds -- this small group of dog breeds accounts for 84% (397) of all dog bite-related deaths. In discussion notes, we examine 2018 trends, the rise of adult and female victims since 2005 and the escalation of pit bull-inflicted deaths since 2013.
https://blog.dogsbite.org/2019/05/2018-dog-bite-fatality-statistics-discussion.html
Last updated: June 3, 2019
2018 U.S. Dog Bite Fatality Statistics - DogsBite.org
Fatal Dog Attack Statistics
DogsBite.org recorded 36 fatal dog attacks in 2018. Pit bulls contributed to 72% (26) of these deaths -- over 8 times more than the next closest breed, "mixed-breed," with 3 deaths. Nine different dog breeds contributed to lethal attacks in 2018. Two deaths were unreported, but were captured through our records requests. The last time the CDC collected "breed" data about dogs involved in fatal human attacks was 1998. Pit bulls have killed over 370 Americans since.
36 U.S. dog bite-related fatalities occurred in 2018. Despite being regulated in Military Housing areas and over 900 U.S. cities, pit bulls contributed to 72% (26) of these deaths. Pit bulls make up about 7% of the total U.S. dog population.
During the 14-year period of 2005 to 2018, canines killed 471 Americans. Two dog breeds, pit bulls (311) and rottweilers (47), contributed to 76% (358) of these deaths. 33 different dog breeds contributed to the remaining fatal dog maulings.
In the year of 2018, the combination of pit bulls (26), rottweilers (2) and mastiff-type guard dogs and war dogs (4) -- the types used to create "baiting" bull breeds and fighting breeds -- accounted for 89% (32) of all dog bite-related fatalities.
See full report: 2018 U.S. Dog Bite Fatality Statistics - DogsBite.org
News release: Nonprofit Releases 2018 Dog Bite Fatality Statistics and Trends from the 14-Year Data Set (2005 to 2018)
This year's release includes statistics from our 14-year data set. From Jan. 1, 2005 to Dec. 31, 2018, canines killed 471 Americans. Pit bulls contributed to 66% (311) of these deaths. Combined, pit bulls (311) and rottweilers (47) contributed to 76% (358) of attacks resulting in death. When mastiff-type guard dogs and war dogs are added -- the types used to create "baiting" bull breeds and fighting breeds -- this small group of dog breeds accounts for 84% (397) of all dog bite-related deaths. In discussion notes, we examine 2018 trends, the rise of adult and female victims since 2005 and the escalation of pit bull-inflicted deaths since 2013.
https://blog.dogsbite.org/2019/05/2018-dog-bite-fatality-statistics-discussion.html
Stunning statistics.
https://www.dogsbite.org/dog-bite-statistics-multi-year-fatality-report-2005-2017.php
According to this excellent site, over 900 U.S. cities have enacted protective legislation regarding dangerous breeds. You can look them up by state here:
https://www.dogsbite.org/legislating-dangerous-dogs-state-by-state.php
https://www.dogsbite.org/dog-bite-statistics-multi-year-fatality-report-2005-2017.php
According to this excellent site, over 900 U.S. cities have enacted protective legislation regarding dangerous breeds. You can look them up by state here:
https://www.dogsbite.org/legislating-dangerous-dogs-state-by-state.php
The deadliest dogs
A review of 82 dog bite cases at a level 1 trauma center where the breed of dog was identified concludes that attacks by pit bulls are associated with higher morbidity rates, higher hospital charges, and a higher risk of death than are attacks by other breeds of dogs. Bini, John K. MD; Cohn, Stephen M. MD; Acosta, Shirley M. RN, BSN; McFarland, Marilyn J. RN, MS; Muir, Mark T. MD; Michalek, Joel E. PhD; for the TRISAT Clinical Trials Group, Mortality, Mauling, and Maiming by Vicious Dogs, Annals of Surgery (April 2011, Vol. 253, Issue 4, pp. 791–797).
Merritt Clifton, editor of Animal People, has conducted an unusually detailed study of dog bites from 1982 to the present. (Clifton, Dog attack deaths and maimings, U.S. & Canada.) The Clifton study show the number of serious canine-inflicted injuries by breed. Pit bulls stand out as, by far, the most deadly breed, but there are other deadly groups, chiefly the molloser category of breeds, which in addition to pit bulls include Rottweilers, Pres Canarios, Cane Corsos, mastiffs, Dogo Argentinos, Fila Brasieros, Shar-Pei's, boxers, boerboels and their mixes. In more than two-thirds of the cases included in the study, the life-threatening or fatal attack was apparently the first known dangerous behavior by the animal in question. Clifton states:
If almost any other dog has a bad moment, someone may get bitten, but will not be maimed for life or killed, and the actuarial risk is accordingly reasonable. If a pit bull terrier or a Rottweiler has a bad moment, often someone is maimed or killed--and that has now created off-the-chart actuarial risk, for which the dogs as well as their victims are paying the price.
Clifton's opinions are as interesting as his statistics. For example, he says, "Pit bulls and Rottweilers are accordingly dogs who not only must be handled with special precautions, but also must be regulated with special requirements appropriate to the risk they may pose to the public and other animals, if they are to be kept at all."
Clifton's website is Animals 24/7 and his compendium of pit bull information is titled Pit Bull Statistics. He is one of the top two researchers in the USA pertaining to pit bulls, the other being Colleen Lynn whose website is DogsBite.org. Ms. Lynn's website is a trove of detailed analysis of pit bull mayhem.
https://dogbitelaw.com/dog-bite-statistics/all-dog-bite-statistics
A review of 82 dog bite cases at a level 1 trauma center where the breed of dog was identified concludes that attacks by pit bulls are associated with higher morbidity rates, higher hospital charges, and a higher risk of death than are attacks by other breeds of dogs. Bini, John K. MD; Cohn, Stephen M. MD; Acosta, Shirley M. RN, BSN; McFarland, Marilyn J. RN, MS; Muir, Mark T. MD; Michalek, Joel E. PhD; for the TRISAT Clinical Trials Group, Mortality, Mauling, and Maiming by Vicious Dogs, Annals of Surgery (April 2011, Vol. 253, Issue 4, pp. 791–797).
Merritt Clifton, editor of Animal People, has conducted an unusually detailed study of dog bites from 1982 to the present. (Clifton, Dog attack deaths and maimings, U.S. & Canada.) The Clifton study show the number of serious canine-inflicted injuries by breed. Pit bulls stand out as, by far, the most deadly breed, but there are other deadly groups, chiefly the molloser category of breeds, which in addition to pit bulls include Rottweilers, Pres Canarios, Cane Corsos, mastiffs, Dogo Argentinos, Fila Brasieros, Shar-Pei's, boxers, boerboels and their mixes. In more than two-thirds of the cases included in the study, the life-threatening or fatal attack was apparently the first known dangerous behavior by the animal in question. Clifton states:
If almost any other dog has a bad moment, someone may get bitten, but will not be maimed for life or killed, and the actuarial risk is accordingly reasonable. If a pit bull terrier or a Rottweiler has a bad moment, often someone is maimed or killed--and that has now created off-the-chart actuarial risk, for which the dogs as well as their victims are paying the price.
Clifton's opinions are as interesting as his statistics. For example, he says, "Pit bulls and Rottweilers are accordingly dogs who not only must be handled with special precautions, but also must be regulated with special requirements appropriate to the risk they may pose to the public and other animals, if they are to be kept at all."
Clifton's website is Animals 24/7 and his compendium of pit bull information is titled Pit Bull Statistics. He is one of the top two researchers in the USA pertaining to pit bulls, the other being Colleen Lynn whose website is DogsBite.org. Ms. Lynn's website is a trove of detailed analysis of pit bull mayhem.
https://dogbitelaw.com/dog-bite-statistics/all-dog-bite-statistics
evince
Truthmatters
you can access the animal
any second hand dog comes with risk
the pound accesses them
any DOG displaying aggression is put down and not put up for adoption
ANY DOG should be watched for aggression or injury for a couple of months before you heave that sigh of relief that comes from knowing you can really keep them
the workers KNOW dogs
they see a ton of them
Pit bull statistics (newest at top) [each of these is a link on the original page]
• Breed survey 2019: more puppies, yet fewer homes for pit bulls
• Pit bulls killed 30 times more animals in 2018 than human crime
• 40 Americans & Canadians killed by dogs in 2018, 31 by pit bulls
• Dog attack deaths & maimings, U.S. & Canada, 1982-2018 log
• 2018 dog breed survey: at least 41% of U.S. pit bull population are seeking homes
• Study authors miss own findings about soaring cost of dog attacks
• “Pit bull roulette” killed 38,000 other animals in 2017
• 57 dog attack deaths & 645 disfigurements in 2017, led by pit bulls
• “Rescued” pit bulls now outnumber pit puppies
• Virginia pit bull fancier, 22, sets new record for pit bull deaths in one year
• Emily Mae Colvin, 24, is record-tying 34th pit bull fatality of 2017
• Three pit bull attack deaths in one day mark 35 years of logging the mayhem
• Dog attack deaths & maimings, U.S. & Canada, 1982-2016
• 91% of dog attack disfigurement victims in 2016 were mauled by pit bulls
• Record 32,550 pit bulls killed or badly injured other animals in the U.S. in 2016
• Record 33 fatal pit bull attacks & 459 disfigurements in 2015
• Pit bulls killed 24,000 other dogs & 13,000 cats in 2015
• Pit bull crime doubled in 2016
• 2016 survey: List of top 5 U.S. dog breed types ousts pit bulls
• Casualties of the “save rate”: 40,000 animals at failed no-kill shelters & rescues
• How many other animals did pit bulls kill in 2014?
• Record low shelter killing raises both hopes & questions
• 32 years of logging fatal & disfiguring dog attacks, by Merritt Clifton
• Pit bulls were 32% of U.S. shelter dog inventory in June 2014
• Why we cannot adopt our way out of shelter killing
• Pound dog inventory down, no-kill inventory up, in 2015 shelter survey
• Most popular breed in U.S. ain’t nothing but a hound dog
• “Pit Bull Awareness” day & month mark 33 years of exponentially accelerating pit bull mayhem
• Who eats the most Floridians––pythons, pit bulls, bears, or alligators?
• “Punishing the deed” costs twice as much as banning dogs of fighting breed
• Which dogs commit serial & rampage maulings?
Beth & Merritt Clifton
https://www.animals24-7.org/2015/12/23/pit-bull-statistics/
• Breed survey 2019: more puppies, yet fewer homes for pit bulls
• Pit bulls killed 30 times more animals in 2018 than human crime
• 40 Americans & Canadians killed by dogs in 2018, 31 by pit bulls
• Dog attack deaths & maimings, U.S. & Canada, 1982-2018 log
• 2018 dog breed survey: at least 41% of U.S. pit bull population are seeking homes
• Study authors miss own findings about soaring cost of dog attacks
• “Pit bull roulette” killed 38,000 other animals in 2017
• 57 dog attack deaths & 645 disfigurements in 2017, led by pit bulls
• “Rescued” pit bulls now outnumber pit puppies
• Virginia pit bull fancier, 22, sets new record for pit bull deaths in one year
• Emily Mae Colvin, 24, is record-tying 34th pit bull fatality of 2017
• Three pit bull attack deaths in one day mark 35 years of logging the mayhem
• Dog attack deaths & maimings, U.S. & Canada, 1982-2016
• 91% of dog attack disfigurement victims in 2016 were mauled by pit bulls
• Record 32,550 pit bulls killed or badly injured other animals in the U.S. in 2016
• Record 33 fatal pit bull attacks & 459 disfigurements in 2015
• Pit bulls killed 24,000 other dogs & 13,000 cats in 2015
• Pit bull crime doubled in 2016
• 2016 survey: List of top 5 U.S. dog breed types ousts pit bulls
• Casualties of the “save rate”: 40,000 animals at failed no-kill shelters & rescues
• How many other animals did pit bulls kill in 2014?
• Record low shelter killing raises both hopes & questions
• 32 years of logging fatal & disfiguring dog attacks, by Merritt Clifton
• Pit bulls were 32% of U.S. shelter dog inventory in June 2014
• Why we cannot adopt our way out of shelter killing
• Pound dog inventory down, no-kill inventory up, in 2015 shelter survey
• Most popular breed in U.S. ain’t nothing but a hound dog
• “Pit Bull Awareness” day & month mark 33 years of exponentially accelerating pit bull mayhem
• Who eats the most Floridians––pythons, pit bulls, bears, or alligators?
• “Punishing the deed” costs twice as much as banning dogs of fighting breed
• Which dogs commit serial & rampage maulings?
Beth & Merritt Clifton
https://www.animals24-7.org/2015/12/23/pit-bull-statistics/
evince
Truthmatters
Pit bull myths ::
Pit bull owners, breeders and animal advocacy groups have created a slew of myths and distortions about the pit bull breed to fight breed-specific laws. Below are the top 10 myths.
Myth #1: It's the owner not the breed
The outdated debate, "It's the owner, not the breed," has caused the pit bull problem to grow into a 35-year old problem.1 Designed to protect pit bull breeders and owners, the slogan ignores the genetic history of the breed and blames these horrific maulings -- inflicted by the pit bull's genetic "hold and shake" bite style -- on environmental factors. While environment plays a role in a pit bull's behavior, it is genetics that leaves pit bull victims with permanent and disfiguring injuries.
The pit bull's genetic traits are not in dispute. Many appellate courts agree that pit bulls pose a significant danger to society and can be regulated accordingly. Some of the genetic traits courts have identified include: unpredictability of aggression, tenacity ("gameness" the refusal to give up a fight), high pain tolerance and the pit bull's "hold and shake" bite style.2 According to forensic medical studies, similar injuries have only been found elsewhere on victims of shark attacks.3
Purveyors of this myth also cannot account for the many instances in which pit bull owners and their family members are victimized by their pet dogs. From 2005 to 2017, pit bulls killed 284 Americans, about one citizen every 17 days. Of these deaths, 53% involved a family member and a household pit bull.4 Notably, in the first 8 months of 2011, nearly half of those killed by a pit bull was its owner. One victim was an "avid supporter" of Bad Rap, a recipient of Michael Vick's dogs.5
Related articles:
2017 Dog Bite Fatality: Woman Dies in 'Grisly Mauling' by Her Own Pit Bulls
2017 Dog Bite Fatality: Family Pit Bull Kills Baby in Northwest Las Vegas
https://www.dogsbite.org/dangerous-dogs-pit-bull-myths.php
Pit bull owners, breeders and animal advocacy groups have created a slew of myths and distortions about the pit bull breed to fight breed-specific laws. Below are the top 10 myths.
Myth #1: It's the owner not the breed
The outdated debate, "It's the owner, not the breed," has caused the pit bull problem to grow into a 35-year old problem.1 Designed to protect pit bull breeders and owners, the slogan ignores the genetic history of the breed and blames these horrific maulings -- inflicted by the pit bull's genetic "hold and shake" bite style -- on environmental factors. While environment plays a role in a pit bull's behavior, it is genetics that leaves pit bull victims with permanent and disfiguring injuries.
The pit bull's genetic traits are not in dispute. Many appellate courts agree that pit bulls pose a significant danger to society and can be regulated accordingly. Some of the genetic traits courts have identified include: unpredictability of aggression, tenacity ("gameness" the refusal to give up a fight), high pain tolerance and the pit bull's "hold and shake" bite style.2 According to forensic medical studies, similar injuries have only been found elsewhere on victims of shark attacks.3
Purveyors of this myth also cannot account for the many instances in which pit bull owners and their family members are victimized by their pet dogs. From 2005 to 2017, pit bulls killed 284 Americans, about one citizen every 17 days. Of these deaths, 53% involved a family member and a household pit bull.4 Notably, in the first 8 months of 2011, nearly half of those killed by a pit bull was its owner. One victim was an "avid supporter" of Bad Rap, a recipient of Michael Vick's dogs.5
Related articles:
2017 Dog Bite Fatality: Woman Dies in 'Grisly Mauling' by Her Own Pit Bulls
2017 Dog Bite Fatality: Family Pit Bull Kills Baby in Northwest Las Vegas
https://www.dogsbite.org/dangerous-dogs-pit-bull-myths.php
What do mean, the problem with the study?
Thankfully there are more adults now than puppies, so hopefully as their popularity wanes and awareness of their danger increases, there will be far fewer pit bulls and far fewer attacks.
Do you mean "assess"?
I posted in another thread about the dog that my youngest daughter's s.i.l. had. It was a pit bull gotten from a shelter. When my daughter was going back to work after maternity leave, her s.i.l. offered to take care of my g-daughter. I was 100% against it due to that dog. We even offered to send her money so that she could afford a real day care instead. But they were so afraid of hurting the s.i.l.'s feelings they chose to have her take care of the baby. I was sick with worry. A week before her maternity leave ended, the dog attacked two ppl and bit them severely -- a delivery person and the next-door neighbor. The dog was taken away and returned to where it came from, and eventually put down.
So much for the assessment.