They did genetic testing on all the dogs that attacked? If the Pitbull are classified by speculation the data is basically useless. What percent pit bull makes a pit bull? Staffordshire terriorors and American bully, are they pit bulls?
I have some internal debate over weather or not a dog that resembles traits attributed to pit bulls should be considered dangerous. Makes for some interesting discussions. However I don't trust the statistics. AT all.
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nterestingly, animal shelters across America today are moving away from trying to identify any dogs by breed because sight identification has proven to be extremely unreliable. Many different combinations of breeds can look like a “pit bull.” Here at The Animal Foundation, we have DNA tested many of our dogs that are lumped into the pitbull category and have found cocker spaniel, boxer, golden retriever, bulldog, German shepherd, Boston terrier, and many other breeds in their heritage. For some dogs, assigning even one main breed is a challenge. Based on the research that exists – it’s been shown that almost 90 percent of shelter dogs visually identified as a breed are not identified accurately – and our own experiences, we no longer try to assign a breed to any dog, unless they come with breed registration papers.
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