In a thread genuinely asking what we should do with existing pit bulls, should a ban go through

It's a shame that someone with a degree in animal science denies genetics in dogs. Maybe you should study more. But here is a copypasta I made for people like you who will support pittie rights no matter how many lives are taken.

SOME BIG FAX:

Pitbulls are 6% of the dog population but are responsible for 86% of all canine related attacks

Pitbulls are genetically predisposed to violence, moreso than any other breed.

THE BIG PICTURE:

https://www.friedlrichardson.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/12-year-u.s.-dog-bite-statistics-.jpg

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https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00047723.htm

CDC - Dog-Bite-Related Fatalities -- United States, (Spoiler, Pitbulls are the leading cause of death)

https://www.dogsbite.org/dog-bite-statistics-fatalities-2015.php

36 U.S. dog bite-related fatalities occurred in 2015. Despite being regulated in Military Housing areas and over 700 U.S. cities, pit bulls contributed to 78% (28) of these deaths. Pit bulls make up about 6.6% of the total U.S. dog population.3

Together, pit bulls (28) and rottweilers (4), the second most lethal dog breed, accounted for 89% of the total recorded deaths in 2015. This same combination also accounted for 76% of all fatal attacks during the 11-year period of 2005 to 2015.

The breakdown between these two breeds is substantial over this 11-year period. From 2005 to 2015, pit bulls killed 233 Americans, about one citizen every 17 days, versus rottweilers, which killed 42, about one citizen every 96 days.

In the year of 2015, the combination of pit bulls (28), their close cousins, American bulldogs (2), and rottweilers (4) contributed to 94% (34) of all dog bite-related fatalities. Both American bulldog fatalities occurred in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Annual data from 2015 shows that 39% (14) of the fatality victims were children ages 9-years and younger, and 61% (22) were adults, ages 22-years and older. Of the total adults killed by canines in 2015, 64% (14) were ages 60-years and older.

Annual data shows that when combining all age groups, male victims (22) were greater in number than female victims (14). Among children ages 9-years and younger, males were excessively victims 79% (11), versus females 21% (3).

In 2015, nearly one third, 31% (11), of all dog bite fatality victims were either visiting or living temporarily with the dog's owner when the fatal attack occurred. Children ages 9-years and younger accounted for 82% (9) of these deaths.

50% (18) of all fatalities in 2015 involved more than one dog; 17% (6) involved a pack attack of four or more dogs; 19% (7) involved breeding on the dog owner's property either actively or in the recent past and 6% (2) involved tethered dogs.

In 2015, 11% (4) of all fatal attacks were inflicted by dogs rehomed by shelters or rescues. County operated shelters in Buncombe County, North Carolina and Madison County, Tennessee each adopted out a dog that fatally attacked a person.

Dog ownership information for 2015 shows that non-family dogs inflicted the majority of dog bite fatalities, 58% (21), up from the 10-year average of 47%. Over two-thirds of all fatal dog attacks, 69% (25), occurred on the dog owner's property.

In 2015, 17% (6) of attacks causing death resulted in meaningful criminal charges; down from the 10-year average of 23%. 2015 also marked the first time a medical examiner ruled "suicide" as the manner of death in a fatal dog mauling.

Some JUICY Links

http://fox5sandiego.com/2015/09/08/pit-bull-saved-from-death-row-mauls-teen-on-first-day-home/

https://www.iol.co.za/sunday-tribune/news/pit-bulls-maul-three-members-of-family-12721531

http://www.newsweek.com/pit-bulls-maul-woman-death-injure-husband-gruesome-christmas-eve-attack-758534

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dog-mauls-owners-over-sweater_us_58695f88e4b0d9a5945be1e3

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2017/12/20/two-dogs-in-rural-virginia-mauled-their-owner-to-death-authorities-say-but-why/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.9177ddb7c2e3

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5955244/pitbull-mauls-three-kids-owner-unleashed-dog-street-delhi/

https://www.chron.com/news/nation-world/nation/article/Two-pit-bulls-maul-their-owner-to-death-12436267.php

https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nation-and-world/pitbull-owner-faces-murder-charge-after-dogs-maul-kill-4-year-old/

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/out-control-pitbull-attacks-mauls-12290842

http://abc13.com/pit-bull-mauls-woman-to-death-at-pet-motel/2928697/

http://www.wlwt.com/article/two-of-3-attacking-dogs-remain-on-the-run-after-friday-attacks-off-west-elkton-rd/14456726

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/662239/Dog-Attack-Manchester-Chester-Beagle-Video-Pictures-Paul-Baxter-Deebo-Loki-Gary-Jennifer

Stories that really make you think:

Pit bull mauls woman to death at pet motel in Louisiana

WEST MONROE, Louisiana -- A pit bull mauled a woman to death at a pet motel in West Monroe, Louisiana. The owner of Happy Hounds said they were keeping the dog for the first time.

"This situation is horrific and awful," said Scotty Robinson, President of the Ouachita Parish Police Jury.

Robinson said what others would only tell KNOE-TV off camera. Laura Ray was killed by a pit bull at Happy Hounds Hotel around 11 p.m. Wednesday.

The owner, who wouldn't go on camera, says Ray worked there for a while. But she says this was their first time keeping the dog that attacked her.

The kennel owner says the dog's owner signed forms saying the dog was not aggressive.

"That dog should and will be put down. I can guarantee you that," Robinson said.

BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE!

Here are updated links for this [[current year]], courtesy of /r/banpitbulls!

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/liberty-hill-family-wants-pit-bull-removed-from-neighborhood-after-it-killed-their-dog/269-ec882ac6-89d7-4e0a-803c-89c363bd3034

Father of five is killed by a pack of stray pit bulls that bit him more than 100 times

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7222969/Father-five-killed-pack-stray-pit-bull-dogs-bit-100-times.html

https://www.reporterherald.com/2019/06/29/loveland-police-officer-shoots-dog-that-charged/

'They tore my muscles as if I was their prey': Dog attack survivor wants owners held responsible

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/potton-woman-dogs-attack-criminally-1.5199372

Uber Eats driver left unable to provide for his family after being savagely mauled by a dog while trying to deliver a late night McDonald's meal

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7226509/Uber-Eats-driver-mauled-dog-Claymore-Sydney.html

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/dog-euthanized-after-biting-child-1.4490239

https://gvwire.com/2019/06/17/bakersfield-woman-dies-at-costco-in-pit-bull-attack/

https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/6128930/elderly-woman-dies-after-pet-dog-attacks-couple-at-wilton/?cs=12

https://thethaiger.com/news/bangkok/75-year-old-mauled-to-death-by-pitbulls-in-nonthaburi

88-year-old Lubbock woman killed by her neighbor’s 6 pitbull dogs

http://www.kcbd.com/2019/02/28/year-old-lubbock-woman-killed-by-her-neighbors-dogs/

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