----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Franklin"
Subject: Re: Re: White Pitbull (an hommage to Elliott Erwitt)
On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 9:27:01 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Number one in the UK biters (number of bite incidents, severity not
counted) league ........ Golden Labrador.
Alsatian, Dobermann, Pit bull, Rottweiler - none of them in the top ten.
Just curious if that ranking is in total number of incidents, or is it
normalized in some way?
They count duck in those statistics. Of course the duck has already been shot..... HAR!!
Seriously though, and I can only speak for my jurisdiction, if a person seeks medical attention for a dog bite, they will be questioned about what type of dog did the biting.
This is where the statistics come from.
Unfortunately, many victims of dog bites are children or others uneducated about dog breeds.
Any black and tan dog becomes either a Rottie or a Doberman. Boxers become Pit Bulls.
I know of a few "Pit Bull" attacks where no pit bull exists, and upon investigation, the dog turned out to be another breed. Unfortunately, once the term Pit Bull has been listed on the complaint form, it is there to stay. The "victim" of the dog bite is the one who has final say on the breed that bit them.
If people would take a half day and learn about what makes dogs tick, there would be fewer problems.
William Robb
