I found this on Missouri Pitbull Rescue's monthly newsletter. I found it very interested, so i decided to share. This gives a good insight on the bad press that pitties get.
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THE PIT BULL PAPARAZZI
The assassination of a breed through biased reporting
Consider four separate incidents that happened in the span of a few days�
- August 17, 2007 - A Labrador mix attacks a 70-year old man sending him to the hospital in critical condition. Police officers arrived at the scene and the dog is shot after charging the officers. This incident was reported in ONE article and only in the local paper.
- August 18, 2007 - A 16-month old child receives fatal head and neck injuries by a mixed breed dog. This attack was reported TWO times by the local paper only.
- August 20, 2007 - A 6-year-old boy is hospitalized after having his ear torn off and receiving severe bites to the head by a medium-sized mixed breed dog. This attack was reported in ONE article and only in the local paper.
- August 21, 2007 - A 59-year-old woman is attacked in her home by two Pit bulls and is hospitalized with severe injuries. This attack was reported in over TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY articles in national and international newspapers, as well as major television news networks, including CNN, MSNBC and FOX.
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People routinely cite media coverage as �proof� that pit bulls are more dangerous than other dogs. Costly and ineffective public policy decisions are being made on the basis of such "proof". While this biased reporting is not only lethal to an entire population of dogs ; sensationalized media coverage endangers the public by misleading them about the real factors in canine aggression.
All information was researched and is fully documented by Karen Delise, LVT
www.nationalcanineresearchcouncil.com |
It doesn't sound right to me! If people are so focused on "dangerous dogs" why not all of them? Why just single out a particular breed?
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