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As the saying goes, better late than never. I hope the rest of the world follows suit soon.


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Statistics


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Here's a few links if you've spent the last few years under a rock:

Wikipedia page on fatal incidents in UK alone: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_dog_attacks_in...

Two minutes worth of googling:

Children:

5-month old and 2 year old https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/tragic-pit-bull-attack-cla...

26 day old infant https://www.foxnews.com/us/indiana-mother-charged-pit-bull-m...

4 year old attacked, mom dies defending https://nypost.com/2021/12/20/mom-has-arms-ripped-dies-stopp...

ever menacing 5 day old https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-infant-dies-after-pit-bul...

pitbull puppy chews fingers off infant https://nbc-2.com/news/2023/06/20/port-charlotte-woman-arres...

Elderly:

70 year old woman became a snack https://nypost.com/2022/07/27/long-island-woman-mauled-to-de...

70 year old man gets mauled https://www.fox5dc.com/news/dog-owner-speaks-after-pitbull-m...

mauls elderly couple, bites animal control https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/pit-bull-had-history-o...

89 year old woman dies, 12 year old attacked https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/colorado/articles/20...

67 year old took a walk, gets face eaten https://news.yahoo.com/had-him-face-elderly-asian-173504735....

Women:

25 year old mauled in elevator https://nypost.com/2022/03/24/video-shows-columbian-woman-ma...

19 year old woman and small dog attacked https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/12/21/amazon...

39 year old woman, nothing but bone left on arm https://nypost.com/2022/04/29/deputy-recounts-vicious-south-...

59 year old woman killed by her babies https://www.newsweek.com/pit-bull-fatal-attack-west-el-paso-...

28 year old dog-sitter killed https://www.newsweek.com/oklahoma-woman-killed-dog-attack-pi...


So where is the statistical evidence that says this is due to any given breed? Correlation does not equal causation.


Here you go:

"Between 2013 and 2021, Pitbulls Were Involved in the Most Dog Bites in 20 States. In many states, pit bulls are responsible for almost half of all dog bite injuries."

"Research conducted in Harris County, Texas, also concluded that pit bull bite incidents were 213% more likely to be severe than other breeds."

https://worldanimalfoundation.org/dogs/pitbull-statistics/#:....


>Can we ban all humans as a few humans have killed someone?

Most societies give humans more rights than other animals.


Your turn. Citations for deaths by other breeds. Let's see them.


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