Breeds of dog other than the pit bull terrier are often involved in dog attacks, but nevertheless are are often mistaken as pit bull dogs. I know from personal experience that most people have no clue what a pit bull looks like. I have people ask me all the time what breed my dog is most of them are surprised when I tell them he is a pit bull because he is nothing like the type of dog that the media reports on. Unfortunately a lot of people have nothing but media reports to base their opinion on so their ignorance is not their fault, there should be more responsibility on the media's part to get their facts straight before reporting on a story.
See if you can identify the pit bull Terrier?
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Nearly 30 years ago the dog bite problem was characterized as a public health "epidemic". Since then, the topic of dog bites has received much attention both in the scientific literature and popular press. The focus in many reports has been about the circumstances in which dog bites occur, characteristics of the biting dogs and the person bitten, public health costs, medical treatment, etc. Scores of statistics have emerged on this topic. The most useful show that children are the victims in a disproportional amount of dog bites, particularly boys under the age of 10, and that the German Shepherd dog is the breed involved in most instances. These basic results hold for most western European countries, and Australia and New Zealand.
There is a lot of great reliable information on this website, banning a breed won't prevent you from being bitten but being properly informed might. Stop the witch hunt educate yourself instead
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