(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...
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.
