Are dogs really this dangerous? I don't believe it
Thread
Login to reply
Replies ()
Meh. I guess it's because of that contact with them everywhere?
Apparently it's rabies
Ew! Sounds legit. And where the hell are bears? It's a shame, because I'm killing it every dayππ
Bears not even on there?
That's because we're actually so damn nice and extremely huggable and eat only salmon and honey.
I don't know several of these bugs and am not naive enough to google how they lookπ¬ I bet it's coming mostly from Australiaπ¬
Consider how many dogs and children there are.
I got attacked by a German Shepherd when I was younger, same dog almost killed someone else. I think it attacked more than 2 people in its life too. Consider that a factor.
We had such a dog in grandmas village, also a german shepherd. What a crazy freaking bastard, should have been put down. But as someone pointed out, it's not the dogs, it's the owners. Which I find highly truthful.
Notice how wolves don't make the list?
Its not the dogs, its the owners.
Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor
Gaza: Israeli army systematically uses police dogs to brutally attack Palestinian civilians, with at least one reported rape
Numerous incidents of Israeli forces using large police dogs during military operations in the Strip have been recorded
What is the point of existence of mosquitoes? Why not full extermination? I don't even think they have natural predators, nature would not be affected.
that number does seem high, i guess it's worldwide??
I worked insurance claims and dog bites were scary. sooo many cases of kids being bitten on the hands, legs, face, some pretty bad stuff. People don't talk about it but some say "there are two kinds of dog; those that have bitten and those that will."
but, fuck cats! dogs rule.
Bro, they are basically wolves, so yeah.
Depends on the breed of dog
I've met many gentle and well-trained Rotties, Bull Terriers, German Shepherds and even an (illegal) Pit Bull.
And I've met so many fluffy rat-dogs owned by trophy wives that are used to getting away with biting anything.
Differences in prey drive and excitability between breeds plays a very small role. Its always the owners.
Completely wrong dude. Pit bulls and Rottweilers account for 76% of all fatal dog attacks.
Nipping and biting is different than fatal dog attacks.
Yeah, I trust the figures I've seen about as much as I trust COVID fatalities.
Police reports of the dog's breed are subjective. Media even more so. Even poodles have been written up as being pitbulls, here.
But if you have a link to a credible study, I'd like to read it.
If a spoilt rat-dog bites me, it gets a boot. If it bites a baby...
Letβs use our common sense here and think about which one of these is more likely to kill a child. Pitbulls were specifically bred for aggression. Now dog fatalities are relatively rare only 72 occurred last year. That said 57 of those attacks were pitbulls of pitbull mixes. Genetics are more important than nurture. Look all you want and you will never find a report of a west highland terrier killing a person. Why? Because they simply donβt have the capacity. Pitbulls do. Now is your pitbull gonna kill your child? Probably not, but 50 families every year find out that their βwell trained / sweetβ pitbulls mauled their 3 year old to death.
DNA test or it wasn't a Pit Bull.
I do strongly agree, though, that size and capacity for harm matter.
Before the 2000s moral panic around "Pit Bulls", the #1 breed reported in dog attacks was the Labrador.
Labs are big enough to cause serious harm, and bred for prey drive. Popular and photogenic, though, so the moral panic fizzled quickly.
Before that, German Shepherds were the moral panic breed of the 1980s - but since fashion among bad people moved on long ago, the breed's reputation has improved.
Personally I donβt trust any dogs around small children.
Same. 100%.
And I don't trust small children around dogs.
IMO, dogs should live OUTSIDE in a kennel, and interact under supervision. But I grew up on a farm where this was normal.
Same. Even friendly dogs can curb stomp a kid being too excited/retarded
Probably in 3rd world countries where they roam free in the streets.
Yes this is the correct answer
If this is global, a lot of those deaths likely come from diseases transmitted by dogs like rabies, and from feral dogs attacking children.
Giant aggressive pet dogs mauling people is likely a very small percentage of that statistic.
The sheer number of people living with dogs skews the results. Imagine if we all kept mosquitos as petsβ¦
why is no one talking about freshwater snails π??!!
We're afraid.
Further research says rabies is the direct link especially in Asia which calls all of that into question. So, it would appear that itβs the transmission from a bite and not actually being mauled to death. If thatβs true, then it calls all those figures into question.