Re:A gorilla who was brought up as a boy in an English village
by bondarchuk on Monday February 08, 2021 @07:48AM
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And also because pitbulls were created to fight other dogs, and descend from bulldogs, which were created to fight to the death against bulls.
Re:A gorilla who was brought up as a boy in an English village
by criddell on Monday February 08, 2021 @09:34AM
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Some data does exist:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305270428_Character...
> Pit bull bites were implicated in half of all surgeries performed and over 2.5 times as likely to bite in multiple anatomic locations as compared to other breeds.
Re:A gorilla who was brought up as a boy in an English village
by etempleton on Monday February 08, 2021 @08:10AM
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It is also because Pit Bull is not a breed and so anytime a dog bites and a dog has an unclear breed, but looks vaguely like a terrier it is easier to write down that the attack was by a Pit Bull.
It is also likely that owners who desire a dog that was bred for fighting want their dog to be aggressive and so train them to be.
Re:A gorilla who was brought up as a boy in an English village
by garbagetime on Monday February 08, 2021 @07:34AM
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> people are scared of pit bulls so the media reports on them more.
How do you know this?
It's because you're looking at a biased slice of data. There's no national database of fatal dog attacks and people are scared of pit bulls so the media reports on them more.