Fun fact about dog bite studies. People go to the hospital and just say “a pitbull bite me”. The doctors write that down and can’t really do anything else to verify. Then those medical reports are used in studies about dog bites and dog attacks. Meaning we have ne reliable data on dog breeds and attacks.
You think doctors and nurses are out running around neighborhoods tracking down dogs? Or do you think people bring the dog with them, like venomous snakes in a movie?
They provide no sources to back up the following which is contrary to the statistics provided by pretty much every other journalistic source.
It is not possible to calculate a bite rate for a breed or to compare rates between breeds because the data reported is often unreliable. This is because:
The breed of a biting dog is often not known or is reported inaccurately.
The actual number of bites that occur in a community is not known, especially if they don't result in serious injury.
The number of dogs of a particular breed or combination of breeds in a community is not known because it is rare for all dogs in a community to be licensed.
Statistics often do not consider multiple incidents caused by a single animal.
Breed popularity changes over time, making comparison of breed-specific bite rates unreliable. However a review of the research that attempts to quantify the relation between breed and bite risk finds the connection to be weak or absent, while responsible ownership variables such as socialization, neutering and proper containment of dogs are much more strongly indicated as important risk factors.
The part you quoted literally contains a link to a review which examines the evidence available for the relationship between breed and bite risk, you absolute spoon.
Fun fact about dog bite studies. People go to the hospital and just say “a pitbull bite me”. The doctors write that down and can’t really do anything else to verify. Then those medical reports are used in studies about dog bites and dog attacks. Meaning we have ne reliable data on dog breeds and attacks.
Cough. Bullshit. Cough.
Burden of proof is on you homie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7F4OfDSvPU&t=1s
here is some in a convenient video
You think doctors and nurses are out running around neighborhoods tracking down dogs? Or do you think people bring the dog with them, like venomous snakes in a movie?
If there’s a designated agency that reliably tracks dog bite statistics with breed data, link it. Send it to the AVMA too because they also say there are no reliable breed based bite statistics.
They provide no sources to back up the following which is contrary to the statistics provided by pretty much every other journalistic source.
It is not possible to calculate a bite rate for a breed or to compare rates between breeds because the data reported is often unreliable. This is because:
The part you quoted literally contains a link to a review which examines the evidence available for the relationship between breed and bite risk, you absolute spoon.