85 year old woman mauled to death in her own garden

Graetzbridge · 11 Apr 2021 at 12:47

potatolord said:
Dunno if this is helpful or not. The link below is a list of fatal dog attacks in the US over 10 years- quite a lot. Looking at that list, you can see a few breeds (pit bulls, especially) are involved in the majority of those attacks, though smaller dogs do crop up. I don't know how dog ownership by breed stacks up in the US, but this list shows that certain breeds are far more likely to inflict fatal injuries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_dog_attacks_in_the_United_States_(2010s)

What really surprised me is people killed by packs of stray dogs in the US, I assumed that would be vanishingly rare- apparently not.

Seems that the majority are Pit Bulls. Are they particularly aggressive or do the owners intentionally work on the dogs behaviour?

potatolord · 11 Apr 2021 at 13:02

Graetzbridge said:
Seems that the majority are Pit Bulls. Are they particularly aggressive or do the owners intentionally work on the dogs behaviour?

Dunno. All you can really say is the majority of fatal attacks are pit bulls. Could be because they're aggressive, they inflict worse bites, there are a lot of them, or their owners are irresponsible in some way.

If one model of car was involved in 50% of all fatal accidents, i guess that would be cause for a safety review, assuming they weren't 50% of car ownership.

dowie · 11 Apr 2021 at 13:22

Graetzbridge said:
I already made that point.

Sorry, I'm not sure what point you're trying to make - is there something people haven't acknowledged or have disputed here?

GGizmo · 11 Apr 2021 at 13:36

People shouldn't have dogs that they don't think they can take in a fight.

A dog is still a wild animal.

Graetzbridge · 11 Apr 2021 at 13:49

potatolord said:
Dunno. All you can really say is the majority of fatal attacks are pit bulls. Could be because they're aggressive, they inflict worse bites, there are a lot of them, or their owners are irresponsible in some way.

If one model of car was involved in 50% of all fatal accidents, i guess that would be cause for a safety review, assuming they weren't 50% of car ownership.

I don't know all the aspects but one point is that people want to/desire Pit Bulls. So why do they want to have Pit Bulls? Why not Collies for example? Or a Bedlington Terrier?

Graetzbridge · 11 Apr 2021 at 13:50

dowie said:
Sorry, I'm not sure what point you're trying to make - is there something people haven't acknowledged or have disputed here?

I have made the point. Twice now.

Graetzbridge · 11 Apr 2021 at 13:54

BowdonUK said:
People shouldn't have dogs that they don't think they can take in a fight.

A dog is still a wild animal.

Not really. Dogs are domesticated.

dowie · 11 Apr 2021 at 13:59

Graetzbridge said:
I don't know all the aspects but one point is that people want to/desire Pit Bulls. So why do they want to have Pit Bulls? Why not Collies for example? Or a Bedlington Terrier?

Oh come on, why do you think?

Can you imagine these guys with some little terriers?

Graetzbridge · 11 Apr 2021 at 15:12

dowie said:
Oh come on, why do you think?

I know what I think.

GGizmo · 11 Apr 2021 at 18:14

Graetzbridge said:
Not really. Dogs are domesticated.

For the most part. But they never lose their instincts.

Not respecting that I think is where a lot of dog owners go wrong.

little butch isn't a human on 4 legs.

Graetzbridge · 11 Apr 2021 at 18:52

BowdonUK said:
For the most part. But they never lose their instincts.

Not respecting that I think is where a lot of dog owners go wrong.

little butch isn't a human on 4 legs.

It might surprise you.