Perpetuating Pitbull Misinformation

[catzmeow]

I'm really kind of sick of people repeating misinformation about the dogs labeled as pits.

Here's some factual information:

http://www.usmessageboard.com/the-flame-zone/222880-evil-killer-pitbulls.html#post5260627

Dog Bite Studies | National Canine Research Council

http://nationalcanineresearchcouncil.com/uploaded_files/tinymce/Bini-Commentary-FINAL.pdf

http://nationalcanineresearchcouncil.com/uploaded_files/tinymce/texas-bite-study.pdf

 

[catzmeow]

Texas Children's Hospital in Houston
In 2006, 1,299 children aged from 1 day to 18 years were admitted to Texas Children's Hospital in Houston for all types of unintentional injuries. The third most frequent cause of injury-related hospitalization was for animal bites or stings, with 119 patient admissions, including:

non-venomous arthropods bite: 55
dog bites: 22
venomous snake bite: 21

Thus, more than twice as many children were admitted to Texas Children's for arthropod bites (spiders, scorpions, etc.) as were admitted for injuries from dogs.

Source: Unintentional Injury Surveillance Report: Texas Children's Hospital, 2006