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Originally Posted by AaronM
Now lets examine this part:
"In a study done by Karen Delise it was found that pit bull & pit bull mixes accounted for only 21% of all human fatalities."
THEN they say:
"Mixed breeds accounted for 16% nonspecific breeds accounted for 15%."
So they know that pit bulls and their respected mixes are the largest percentage yet they spin it to seem like it's "only 21%."
Kinda strange that this study has no mention of any specific breed other than pit bulls.
Looks to me like somebody set out to prove that pit bulls are not as harmful as many might believe but at the end of the study, pit bulls were still found to have the highest percentage of human fatalities.
From the very source the video mentions:
http://www.la-spca.org/dedication/talk/t_judge.htm |
it's really a shame that you, and so many other people, are so ardently against pits.
punish the deed, not the breed.
i was attacked and bitten by a black lab when i was younger, and just recently by a bichon frise. it doesn't make me hate the type of dog, just the idiot owners who don't properly train their dogs and neglect them.
breed based hysteria is just a silly thing. let's turn it around on something i know you like, guns. i would be willing to wager that more people in the united states are killed by 9mm handguns than any other caliber. does that mean we should ban 9mm's? absolutely not, that would just be silly.
pit bulls are just like any other dog, in the hands of the wrong owner they can be dangerous but these dangerous tendencies are far from a hallmark of the breed. your average pit bull loves people more than you could ever understand. there was a time in this country years back when pits were held in very high regard as one of the most loyal, intelligent, and desirable breeds out there, public hysteria has changed this opinion and that is unfortunate.
i will tell you this though. i am committed to changing the minds of people like you one at a time. my mom used to be of a similar mindset and was horrified when i told her i adopted a apbt puppy from the humane society. that changed quickly the first time they met, and now she loves this dog as much as i do.
it seems like an odd form of hypocrisy to me that you can be so for responsible gun ownership, and slam people are anti gun but the responsible ownership argument goes right out the window with you when we start talking dogs. i understand that you're angry your lab got severely mauled by two pits, but you have to understand that an occurrence like that is outside the norm and that like people there are a few "bad apple" pits who have been raised in a way that perverts their personality but the vast majority of these dogs want nothing more out of life than to lick your face, fall asleep in your lap, hang out with you every moment of every day, and occasionally chew on the kitchen cabinets.
so instead of continuing with your ridiculous prejudice i challenge you to meet some more pits. they're lovers, not fighters. and i would be willing to bet that your dog, despite the attack, doesn't hold any grudge against a specific breed.
