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Originally Posted by MediaGuy
This year, a Chow-chow tore a little girl to shreds. Last year, a French woman became the first recipient of a face transplant because hers was ripped off by a Labrador.
The stats are out there. Pits are no more likely to bite or kill than most dogs. They're below the average for German Shepherds, and Spaniels lead the pack in snap-bite reports.
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I can't say whether or not they are more likely to bite, they probably are not, but you simply can't say that they are no more likely to kill than most dogs.
Here are stats taken from 2009-2013. During that time in the US 283 people died from dog bites. Pit bulls accounted for 62.2% of those deaths. The next closest was rottweiler at 11.7%.
Any big dog that decides it wants to do damage is capable of doing plenty of damage, but the stats don't lie, Pits are responsible for more deaths than every other breed combined.