https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dad...s-n1044736



The dog's owner should be locked in a small room with the dogs (who don't get food for a couple days) and left there till eaten.

Would it be in the news if it was just mongrel dogs?

(August 21, 2019 at 1:56 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Would it be in the news if it was just mongrel dogs?

The death of a child?  Probably, especially as the dogs' owner failed to properly restrain them.

Boru

(August 21, 2019 at 2:22 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(August 21, 2019 at 1:56 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Would it be in the news if it was just mongrel dogs?

The death of a child?  Probably, especially as the dogs' owner failed to properly restrain them.

Boru

But I know of cases where dogs attacked children, adults, even armed police, and it didn't go national. "Pitbulls" is a buzz word.

They are discussing it on NPR - and talking how to survive a dog attack.....

"Poke it in the eye" .."shove your wallet down it's throat"..


Jesus Hockenmeyer Christ.


...

How about "Shoot the sonofabitch".?

It's what I'd do.

(August 21, 2019 at 2:44 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:

(August 21, 2019 at 2:22 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: The death of a child?  Probably, especially as the dogs' owner failed to properly restrain them.

Boru

But I know of cases where dogs attacked children, adults, even armed police, and it didn't go national. "Pitbulls" is a buzz word.

That's no doubt a contributing factor.

Boru

edit:  Just looked it up.  'Pitbulls' is more than just a buzzword.  Although fairly low on the list of overall aggressiveness, that breed is responsible for 2/3 of dog attack fatalities in the US, more than the next nine breeds combined.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccart...db347562f8

(August 21, 2019 at 2:54 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(August 21, 2019 at 2:44 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: But I know of cases where dogs attacked children, adults, even armed police, and it didn't go national. "Pitbulls" is a buzz word.

That's no doubt a contributing factor.

Boru

Sharkbites are more " newsworthy" than drownings - even though the dead guy is just as dead either way.

It's TV ratings.


If it bleeds it leads...

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(August 21, 2019 at 2:54 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(August 21, 2019 at 2:44 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: But I know of cases where dogs attacked children, adults, even armed police, and it didn't go national. "Pitbulls" is a buzz word.

That's no doubt a contributing factor.

Boru

edit:  Just looked it up.  'Pitbulls' is more than just a buzzword.  Although fairly low on the list of overall aggressiveness, that breed is responsible for 2/3 of dog attack fatalities in the US, more than the next nine breeds combined.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccart...db347562f8

Yup. Fatalities are rare though.

Dog bites? German shepard was #1 for a whole lotta years..

(August 21, 2019 at 2:57 pm)onlinebiker Wrote:

(August 21, 2019 at 2:54 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: That's no doubt a contributing factor.

Boru

Sharkbites are more " newsworthy" than drownings - even though the dead guy is just as dead either way.

It's TV ratings.


If it bleeds it leads...

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(August 21, 2019 at 2:54 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: That's no doubt a contributing factor.

Boru

edit:  Just looked it up.  'Pitbulls' is more than just a buzzword.  Although fairly low on the list of overall aggressiveness, that breed is responsible for 2/3 of dog attack fatalities in the US, more than the next nine breeds combined.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccart...db347562f8

Yup. Fatalities are rare though.

Dog bites? German shepard was #1 for a whole lotta years..

Sure, given the total number of dogs in the US.  But the rarity of fatalities is immaterial in determining which dog breed has killed the most people.  In the same time frame (2005-2017) that Rottweilers, German Shepherds, mongrels, American bulldogs, Mastiffs, Labs, huskies, boxers and Dobermans killed combined killed 146 people, pitbulls killed 284.

Pitbulls are a very dangerous breed of dog.  It doesn't matter all that much if the danger is from nature, nurture, or both.  The fact is that if you are killed by a dog in the US, it is most likely to be a pitbull.

Boru

(August 21, 2019 at 6:06 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(August 21, 2019 at 2:57 pm)onlinebiker Wrote: Sharkbites are more " newsworthy" than drownings - even though the dead guy is just as dead either way.

It's TV ratings.


If it bleeds it leads...

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Yup. Fatalities are rare though.

Dog bites? German shepard was #1 for a whole lotta years..

Sure, given the total number of dogs in the US.  But the rarity of fatalities is immaterial in determining which dog breed has killed the most people.  In the same time frame (2005-2017) that Rottweilers, German Shepherds, mongrels, American bulldogs, Mastiffs, Labs, huskies, boxers and Dobermans killed combined killed 146 people, pitbulls killed 284.

Pitbulls are a very dangerous breed of dog.  It doesn't matter all that much if the danger is from nature, nurture, or both.  The fact is that if you are killed by a dog in the US, it is most likely to be a pitbull.

Boru

Context - 

That's less than 30 per year.

Lightning? Averages 50 per year.

So not at the top of my.worries.

I feel bad for the girl, and the dogs. Obviously the dogs were trained poorly. No matter the breed, pets should not be killing people.