Welcome

July 2, 2011 // Posted in General (Tags: , , , , , , , ) |  No Comments

Hello and welcome to the Pit Bull Dangers Blog.

Here at Pit Bull Dangers Blog and at our Community site PitBullDangers.com we are striving to educate the public on the dangers of and truth about Pit Bulls and other dangerous dogs.  There are many myths out there and a ton of misinformation, misguided statements and even outright lies on this subject. However here on Pit Bull Dangers Blog and on PitBullDangers.com you will find only the truth, the facts and be able to verify all information 100%.

The subject is a highly emotional and contentious one which leads to the plethora of false statements by many well meaning people who often are not even aware of the fallibility of the information they are blindly repeating. Pit Bulls are the most dangerous dog in the world today as evidenced by many studies, hospital records and victims accounts. Dog bites in general are the second most costly public health problem in America today.

These issues must be addressed. We must take measures to protect our children, our families, our friends and our neighbors from the most vicious of these attacks.

The pit bull crisis and the attacks by these inherently dangerous dogs are reaching epidemic proportions.
WE MUST CONTROL THEM OR BAN THEM NOW 


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How Delusional Can A Pit Bull Owner be?

May 16, 2012 // Posted in General  |  No Comments

In this case many children were bitten and hurt yet the owner was walking around saying how sweet his pit bull was.

How delusional can they be? A sweet dog they say even after it attacks a group of kids going to school!

See the report here:
http://www.nbc12.com/story/18247912/children-attacked-by-pit-bull-at-bus-stop

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The Pit Bull Dangers Online Radio Show

May 15, 2012 // Posted in BSL, Dog Attacks, General, Laws, Pit Bull Attacks, Pit Bull Myths, Pit Bull Victims, Pit Bulls, Statistics, Studies, Victim Memorials  |  2 Comments

The Pit Bull Dangers Online Radio Show

Listen to The Pit Bull Dangers Show with Douglas Wolfe on Blog Talk Radio


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Maryland Legislature Information

May 15, 2012 // Posted in General  |  1 Comment


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Pit Bull & Dangerous Dog Victims

May 15, 2012 // Posted in Dog Attacks, General, Pit Bull Attacks, Pit Bull Victims, Victim Memorials, Victims Stories, Videos  |  No Comments

This video was made for the pit bull and dangerous dog victims


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Pit Bulls Labeled Aggressive by SPCA and Insurance Companies

May 13, 2012 // Posted in General  |  No Comments

It is interesting that while so many say their is no breed named pit bull and they go on to say pit bulls are no different and no more aggressive than any other dog yet aggressive breeds identified by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and some insurance companies include pit bulls, rottweilers, akitas and chows as reported by Rueters in the article linked here.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1741399/posts

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Pit bull owners more likely to be criminals

May 13, 2012 // Posted in General  |  1 Comment

Pit bull owners more likely to be criminals

People who own vicious dogs such as pit bulls have significantly more criminal convictions – including crimes against children – than owners of licensed, gentler dogs such as beagles, American researchers report.

30 per cent of people who owned an aggressive breed of dog and who also had been cited at least once for failure to register it had at least five criminal convictions or traffic citations.

This compared to one per cent of owners of low-risk, licensed dogs such as poodles, beagles or collies, the researchers reported in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

“Owners of vicious dogs who have been cited for failing to register a dog (or) failing to keep a dog confined on the premises … are more than nine times more likely to have been convicted for a crime involving children, three times more likely to have been convicted of domestic violence … and nearly eight times more likely to be charged with drug (crimes) than owners of low-risk licensed dogs,” said Jaclyn Barnes of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Centre.

Reuters

Read the full story at:
Pit bull owners more likely to be criminals.

This is related to a earlier topic on an article written by Dr. Stanley Coren, you can read that article at:

http://pitbulldangers.net/pitbullblog/2012/05/13/psychological-characteristics-owners-of-high-risk-for-aggression-dog-breeds-psychology-today/


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Psychological Characteristics Owners of High Risk for Aggression Dog Breeds | Psychology Today

May 13, 2012 // Posted in General  |  No Comments

 

Dr. Coren is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia.

excerpt  #1

The high risk dog owners had nearly 10 times more criminal convictions than other dog owners. Breaking the data down by categories of criminal behavior they found that high risk dog owners were 6.8 times more likely to be convicted of an aggressive crime, 2.8 times more likely to have carried out a crime involving children, 2.4 times more likely to have perpetrated domestic violence, and 5.4 times more likely to have an alcohol related conviction when compared to low risk dog owners.

Since criminal behaviors are most often associated with particular personality patterns it was inevitable that some researchers would take the next step and determine if ownership of dog breeds that were considered to be high risk for aggression is associated with particular personality characteristics as well. Sure enough, a psychologist, Laurie Ragatz, led a team of researchers from West Virginia University and they have recently published their study in The Journal of Forensic Sciences.

In the West Virginia study data was collected data from 869 college students who completed an anonymous online questionnaire. It asked them about the type of dog that they owned, their history of criminal behaviors and attitudes towards animal abuse. In addition it took some measures of their personality including any some measures that are often associated with psychopathic tendencies. It’s only a correlational study but the results are thought provoking.

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The interesting addition to our knowledge that that this study provides has to do with the personality characteristics of the high risk dog owners. In general high risk dog breed owners were significantly more likely to engage in sensation seeking and risky behaviors. As a group they were also more careless, selfish and had stronger manipulative tendencies. They also seemed to engage in more self-defeating behaviors than the low risk dog owners.

One final distressing finding suggests that the high risk for aggression dog breed owners did not appear to be as well bonded to their dogs as the other groups of dog owners. This conclusion comes from the fact that their attitudes were much more accepting of the maltreatment or abuse of animals than was found for owners of low risk for aggression dog breeds.

Read the whole story at:

Psychological Characteristics Owners of High Risk for Aggression Dog Breeds | Psychology Today.

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LiveLeak.com – Rottweiler Mauls 4 Year Old Girl In Mall

May 13, 2012 // Posted in General  |  No Comments

Rottweiler Mauls 4 Year Old Girl In Mall

Yesterday, the Sunday Times carried a story about a dog attack. A four-year-old girl was mauled by a Rottweiler in the upmarket Hyde Park shopping centre last Monday. But what was unique about this? The dog’s handler is a dog whisperer and also claims to be “Africa’s number one dog expert.”

Last week Monday, at around lunchtime, James Lech and his “rehabilitated” Rottweiler were at JB River’s restaurant in the Hyde Park shopping mall.

Sadie Kukkuk, 4, and her grandparents, Buster and Wendy Sefor, were seated at the table directly next to Lech for their lunch.

From the video it’s clear to see that Sadie was just being a normal little girl and having a good old run around the restaurant before her meal arrived.

What also seems clear from the video evidence is that the dog was hunting her, for want of better wording, before it launched its vicious attack.

The footage shows Sadie was nowhere near the dog and simply runs past it, while Lech is talking to someone, when it goes for her.

What’s great about video evidence is that it doesn’t lie, as long as it’s not grainy or anything like that. It also helps debunk what someone says after an incident.

Like this from Lech:

I saw the child running, coming around the right of my table, jumping over the dog while he was lying down and resting and accidentally stepping on it at the same time.

No James, it didn’t happen like that.

When told that the video footage showed otherwise, Lech responded: “I saw it with periphery vision because my head is tilted, correct.”

No James, no you didn’t.

Lech has claimed that he is suffering from a medical condition that required he have the dog with him, and as such, the dog is a service dog.

His website even features a photograph of him with acclaimed US dog whisperer, Cesar Millan, and he thinks he is some kind of “shaman in the realm of dogs.”

Sadie’s mom has laid charges against Lech.

see the video – warning shows the actual attack.
LiveLeak.com – Rottweiler Mauls 4 Year Old Girl In Mall.

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Boycott Pepsi and all related products

May 9, 2012 // Posted in General  |  No Comments

Please share this page every where you can and let people know about the boycott and the reasons for it.

Many of you have probably heard about the new Facebook page or even been invited to it. However for those who may not have there is a new Facebook page about the boycott of pepsi products over their funding of pit bulls advocacy groups and their refusal to help pit bull victims at all.

Here is the page url
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Boycott-Pepsi/306579219418353

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Upland committee recommends mandatory spay/neuter of pit bulls

May 6, 2012 // Posted in BSL, General, Pit Bulls  |  No Comments

Upland committee recommends mandatory spay/neuter of pit bulls

spay/neuter is one of the most effective tools available to us in order to reduce the over population of pit bulls and the huge numbers put down every year. It also positively impacts the problem of the far to many pit bull attacks that maim, maul, disable, disfigure, dismember, and kill so many every year. Read more via the link below.

http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_20556996/upland-committee-recommends-mandatory-spay-neuter-pit-bulls

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