81% of All Dog Bite Fatalities Had Breed Identification Images
Photographs of six fatally attacking dogs in 2019 obtained from multiple sources.
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DogsBite.org - In 2013, we began the tradition of publishing breed identification photographs of fatally attacking dogs when available through news reports, animal control agencies, police departments and social media websites. Of the 48 dog bite fatalities recorded in 2019, a record 81% (39) had some form of an identification photograph, the highest percentage since we began our collection effort. Pit bulls and their mixes represent 74% of all images collected in 2019.
Of the 39 cases with breed identification photographs, 59% (23) contained images captured or republished by news media; 59% (23) contained images located on social media pages of the dog's owner or family members; and 49% (19) contained images that were the result of DogsBite research and otherwise may have gone unpublished. Police and animal control agencies only released images in 6 cases, yet 81% (39 of 48) of all deaths involved dogs taken into quarantine.
(Percentages are higher than 100% due to a single death containing multiple dog images, each attributed to a different source, as well as images that fall into overlapping publishing categories.)
Identification Photographs (2013-2019)
Of the 266 dog bite fatalities recorded by our nonprofit since January 1, 2013, nearly two-thirds, 63% (168), have a breed identification photograph published on our website. Of the 192 deaths inflicted by pit bulls and their mixes since January 1, 2013, 67% (128) have a breed identification photograph published on our website. Of the total 168 fatality cases with a breed identification image collected since 2013, pit bull-inflicted deaths with a supporting photo comprise 76% (128).
In 2019, 88% (29 of 33) of pit bull-inflicted fatalities had some form of a breed identification photograph, the highest percentage in our records.
Breed Misidentification Conflicts
The most controversial cases in 2019 did not involve pit bulls. Last year proved to be a year when certain dog breeds, which infrequently inflict fatal attacks, did so, including two show-circuit Doberman pinschers, two coonhounds and a pair of rescue great danes. All of these dogs fatally attacked their owner. Of these three deaths, only the coonhounds lacked a recent identification image, though the victim's husband is seen with one redbone coonhound on Facebook in 2012.
2019 also marks the first year when our nonprofit had to reach above and beyond to show some readers that pit bulls were not involved in several fatal attacks. This fury was primarily seen on our social media pages after the coonhound and great dane fatalities, but was also present after a husky killed a newborn. Both great danes and huskies killed 7 or more people during the 20-year CDC study period (1979 to 1998). Huskies continue to rank among the top 7 killers since 2005.
Summary
81% of dog bite fatality cases in 2019 had some form of a breed identification photograph, the highest in our records. Our nonprofit collected nearly half of these images through our research and FOIA efforts. This additional level of photographic evidence is on top of the 1,000 plus multi-sourced news articles we collected and 18 public information requests we sent to various coroner's offices, police and animal control departments for 48 dog bite fatality victims in 2019.
What continues to be troubling is the number of cases involving dogs taken into quarantine after a fatal attack (81% in 2019), but few police/shelter agencies release an identification image. We then can only rely on the news media being at the scene, social media images or obtaining an image through a FOIA request. Releasing a breed ID photograph after a deadly dog attack should be standard protocol, like Riverside County Animal Services does after all significant attacks.
2019 Fatal Dog Attack Breed Identification Photographs
Lana Bergman - Joshua Tree, California
Photos of two of four fatally attacking pit bulls (social media & news media)
Lana Bergman, 70-years old, was killed by four pit bulls belonging to guests on her property near Joshua Tree, California on January 16, 2019. Her brother characterized the guests as "squatters" who had overstayed their visit. The pit bulls killed Bergman one day before the guests were ordered to leave her premises.Ed Stanley - Amarillo, Texas
Photos of two fatally attacking dogs (animal services & news media)
Ed Stanely, 85-years old, died two weeks after he was attacked and severely injured by loose dogs on his own driveway in Amarillo, Texas on January 7, 2019. The department of Amarillo Animal Management and Welfare said this was not just a dog attack -- this man was mauled by a pit bull-mix and shepherd-mix.Patricia Henson - Tucson, Arizona
Photo of fatally attacking german shepherd-mix (animal services & news media)
Ashton McGhee - Guthrie, Kentucky
Photos of family pit bull on mother's facebook page (DogsBite & social media)
Ashton McGhee, 1-year old, was killed by a family pit bull-mix while visiting his grandparent's home in Guthrie, Kentucky on February 7, 2019. The baby had been playing with a ball on the floor when the dog came inside from outdoors. The dog viciously attacked the baby's head, including breaking the baby's jaw.Elaine Richman - Houston, Texas
Photos of two fatally attacking Doberman pinschers (animal services & news media)
Angela Johnson - Anza, California
Photos of two of three fatally attacking pit bulls (animal services & news media)
Angela Johnson, 54-years old, died nearly two months after a violent pit bull attack. She remained on life support until she died on February 9. The dogs ripped out a "main artery in her throat, causing a severe stroke to the left side of her brain, leaving her half brain dead," her son stated on her GoFundme page.Nancy Burgess-Dismuke - Greenville, South Carolina
Photos of two fatally attacking family boxer-mixes (news media)
Johnnie Garner - Lubbock, Texas
Photos of fatally attacking pit bull-mixes (police & news media)
Johnnie Garner, 88-years old, was brutally killed by a pack of pit bulls on February 27. Two days earlier, the dogs' owner had tried to surrender his dogs to Lubbock Animal Services after a separate attack. The agency told him he needed to "make an appointment" to drop off the dogs and the earliest date was March 1.Jacari Long - Salisbury, North Carolina
Photos of fatally attacking pit bull-boxer mix (news media)
Jacari Long, 6-months old, was killed by his babysitter's male pit bull-boxer mix in Salisbury, North Carolina. The babysitter left him inside her home in a car seat while she cleaned out the back of her car to make room for the baby. When she returned, the dog was attacking the baby. No criminal charges were filed.Tanner Kinnamon - High Springs, Florida
Photos of fatally attacking pit bull and American bulldog-mix (DogsBite & social media)
Tanner Kinnamon, 2-years old, was killed by two of his aunt's six pit bull-type rescue dogs while under the care of his grandmother. Two of the dogs were let out of their crates into the yard. The child went outside to play and the grandmother went inside the home. When she returned, the dogs were attacking the child.Jimmy Grigg - Galveston County, Texas
Photos of two of three fatally attacking dogs (DogsBite FOIA)
Jaysiah Chavez - Fresno, California
Photos of two fatally attacking rottweilers (news media)
Jaysiah Chavez, 2-years old, was killed by a pair of roaming rottweilers in his own front yard. Investigators said the rottweilers dug a hole under their owner's fence, ran through a neighbor's yard, crossed a street then attacked the boy who had wandered out his front door into his yard. No criminal charges were brought.Johana Villafane - Irving, Texas
Photos of two fatally attacking family pit bulls (DogsBite & social media)
Johana Villafane, 33-years old, was killed by her own two pit bulls. The attack happened while Villafane was visiting her dogs in quarantine due to biting a man eight days earlier. She took her dogs into the backyard exercise area, where they attacked her. She was not discovered by staff for 35 minutes.Isaiah Geiling - Louisville, Kentucky
Photos of fatally attacking family pit bull "King" (news media & social media)
Isaiah Geiling, 2-years old, was killed by a male pit bull. The boy's grandmother said the dog had bitten Isaiah three weeks earlier. The dog's owners, Jack Charpring Jr. and Sharon Charpring were charged with second-degree manslaughter. The boy's mother, Jennifer Geiling, was charged with reckless homicide.Robert Quick - Fort Madison, Iowa
Photo of fatally attacking male boxer-mix "Hercules" (DogsBite, owner supplied)
Crystal Pearigen - Bakersfield, California
Photos of two of three fatally attacking dogs (DogsBite, social media & news media)
Crystal Pearigen, 36-years old, died in a Costco parking lot after being attacked by three dogs. Two of the dogs, a pit bull and mixed-breed, belonged to a nearby business owner. The third dog, also a pit bull, was a stray. Pearigen was homeless at the time. When she was a teenager, her mother was murdered.Nicholas Farris - Newman, California
Photos of fatally attacking pit bull-mastiff mix (DogsBite & social media)
Nicholas Farris, 2-years old, was killed by a family dog in Newman, California on June 27, 2019. Arriving officers found the boy in the backyard. He was taken to Emmanuel Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. A Stanislaus County Sheriff's news release stated the dog involved was a pit bull-mastiff cross.Maria Crawford - Ventura, California
Photos of fatally attacking pit bull-mix (DogsBite FOIA & social media)
Maria Crawford, 54-years old, died of "dog bite wounds of the head, neck and leg" on June 28, 2019, according to the Ventura County Medical Examiner's report. The family dog, described as an "elderly pit bull-mix" by family members, had attacked Crawford two times before her death, including severing her ear.Brian Butler - Gilbertsville, Kentucky
Photos of two of three fatally attacking pit bulls (DogsBite & social media)
Brian Butler, 46-years old, was killed by up to three pit bulls in Gilbertsville, Kentucky on June 29, 2019. Kentucky State Police arrested Daniel Kai Alexander, 29, on a felony arrest warrant in connection to his mauling death. The investigation showed that Alexander tampered with evidence at the crime scene and more.Ruth Flores - Gainesville, Georgia
Photos of twin littermate huskies, only one fatally attacked (DogsBite & social media)
Homer Utterback - Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Photos of fatally attacking family pit bull "Petey" (social media & news media)
Homer Utterback, 52-years old, was mauled to death by his own pit bull in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Utterback's girlfriend told police the male pit bull, Petey, had been their pet for a decade and was Utterback's "best friend." The Utterback household also had at least four more pit bulls; all offspring of Petey.Mario Moore - Memphis, Tennessee
Photos of two fatally attacking dogs in pack attack (animal control & news media)
Mario Moore, 40-years old, died after being attacked by a pack of dogs in Memphis, Tennessee on July 18, 2019. Sherry Pruitt said she was attacked by the same dogs on May 7. Officials released photographs of two dogs, a mixed-breed and a pit bull-mix, that were involved in both Moore's and Pruitt's attack.Nelson Cabrera - Irving, Texas
Photo of fatally attacking pit bull "Bella" (DogsBite & social media)
Nelson Cabrera, 16-years old, was killed by three pit bulls secured in their owner's backyard. The dogs' owner, Guillermo Lorenzo, told media outlets, "He has no right to be in [my] yard." Cabrera had stayed at Lorenzo's home for a few days before the attack, but Lorenzo later canceled the boy's access to his property.Emma Hernandez - Detroit, Michigan
Photos of two of three fatally attacking pit bulls and pit bull-mixes (news media)
Emma Hernandez, 9-years old, was killed by three dogs, pit bulls and pit bull-mixes, while riding her bike in an alley behind her home in southwest Detroit on August 19, 2019. One bystander began firing on the dogs. Deputy Fire Commissioner Dave Fornell said, "We were performing EMS under gunfire" at the scene.Adrieanna O'Shea - Knox County, Tennessee
Photos of three of five fatally attacking dogs (social media & news media)
Adrieanna O'Shea, 19-years old, was brutally killed by a pack of dogs after visiting a home to pick up her purse -- she had left it there the night before. The landlord and owner of the dogs told deputies "the dogs were doing their jobs." The dogs included, three mastiff/mastiff-mixes, one rottweiler-mix and a pit bull.Arlene Renna - Pleasant Valley, New York
Photo of one of two fatally attacking coonhounds (DogsBite & social media)
Baby "Doug" Doe - Granite Bay, California
Photos of fatally attacking female family pit bull (DogsBite & social media)
Baby "Doug" Doe, 13-months old, was mauled to death by a female pit bull while under the care of a babysitter. The babysitter, a female relative, was in "very close proximity" with the child when the dog attacked. In July of 2015, the baby's parents created an Instagram page for their female family pit bull "Bella."Alan Bruce - Bennington, Oklahoma
Photo of one of three fatally attacking pit bulls (news media)
Alan Bruce, 56-years old, was brutally attacked by three dogs, two pit bulls and a pit bull-mix, while trying to visit the owner's home. The dogs' owner was away at the time. "He had severe trauma, bite marks to his trunk and head and arms with just massive trauma," Bennington Police Chief James Heil said.Morgan Crayton - Hampton, Virginia
Photos of fatally attacking pit bull "Chopper" (DogsBite & social media)
Morgan Crayton, 31-years old, was attacked in the throat by her pit bull and died of her injuries the next day. Her 92-pound male pit bull, named "Chopper," was taken into custody by authorities. Police estimated the dog was at least 2-years old. Crayton and her partner had owned the dog for about nine months.Steven Thornton III - Louisville, Kentucky
Photos of one of two fatally attacking rottweiler-mixes (news media)
Steven Thornton III, 3-years old, was killed by two rottweiler-mixes that were kept in his family's backyard. Police said the boy climbed through an open bedroom window while the rest of his family slept. Family members found him the next morning. A neighbor indicated the two rottweilers were new to the child's home.Dustin Bryan - Modesto, California
Photos of two fatally attacking family pit bulls (animal control & news media)
Dustin Bryan, 21-years old, was found covered in blood and dead on a couch in a family member's home on October 9, 2019. Police believe two pit bulls living at the home, "Beze" and "Saxon" mauled and killed Bryan. Jacob Anderson, who lived at the home said the pit bulls "had never been aggressive in the past."Brandy Boschen-O'Dell - Bay City, Michigan
Photos of fatally attacking pit bull "Chester" (DogsBite & social media)
Brandy Boschen-O'Dell, 41-years old, died after she was attacked by a pit bull belonging to her live-in boyfriend in Bay City, Michigan. Her boyfriend told investigators that Boschen-O'Dell told him that his male pit bull "Chester" had previously bitten her, but she told other people the bite injury was from a "box cutter."Mary Matthews - Clearcreek Township, Ohio
Photos of two fatally attacking rescue great danes (social media & news media)
Janet D'Aleo - Suffield, Connecticut
Photos of fatally attacking rescue pit bull "Dexter" (DogsBite, social media & news media)
Janet D'Aleo, 95-years old, died after being attacked by a pit bull owned by Annie Hornish, a senior state director of the Humane Society of the United States. D'Aloe sustained "massive injuries including flesh, muscle and tendon loss to the lower extremities." Hornish had acquired "Dexter" four months earlier.Lasaro Macedo - Madera, California
Photos of fatally attacking pit bull at different ages (DogsBite & social media)
Lasaro Macedo, 38-years old, was found dead in a dry riverbed with dog bite injuries on November 11, 2019. Officers shot and killed a "vicious" pit bull with blood on its face at the scene. The dogs' owner, Heather Anglin, was a longtime backyard pit bull breeder. Anglin and her boyfriend were charged with manslaughter.Lorena Cordova - Dacula, Georgia
Photos of two of three fatally attacking pit bulls (DogsBite & social media)
Lorena Cordova, 47-years old, died after suffering a vicious attack by three pit bulls in Dacula, Georgia. The attack occurred in the 3000 block of Luther Wages Road on September 16. Cordova remained at a trauma center until her death on November 21. The dogs' owners were charged with reckless conduct.Cledith Davenport - Broken Bow, Oklahoma
Photos of two fatally attacking dogs in pack attack (DogsBite, social media & news media)
Cledith Davenport, 79-years old, was killed by a pack of loose dogs belonging to his neighbor on December 14, 2019. McCurtain County deputies were called to the scene after a mail carrier saw Davenport lying halfway in a ditch on his property. The attacking dogs were part pit bull, part cattle dog and mixed-breeds.Melissa Astacio - Somerset, Massachusetts
Photos of fatally attacking family pit bull "Amigo" (social media & news media)
Melissa Astacio, 44-years old, was mauled to death by her pet pit bull of eight years at her home on December 20, 2019. Police officers were forced to deploy a Taser on the dog so that paramedics could assist the victim. The neutered male pit bull "Amigo" killed Astacio while she was allegedly having a seizure.Medessa Ragsdale - Houston, Texas
Photos of two of three fatally attacking pit bulls (news media)
Medessa Ragsdale, 44-years old, was found dead lying in a ditch after being mauled by three pit bulls. The dogs also attacked and seriously injured a 49-year old female. She was transported to local hospital in stable condition. The attack occurred just before 6:00 am at 5521 Arlington Street on December 21.Post Publication Identification Photographs
Breed identification photographs discovered after the publication of this post on January 7, 2020. These photographs are not included in our overall analysis; they were unavailable at that time.
Wayne Pattison - Lumberton, Texas
Photos of fatally attacking rescue pit bull-mix (DogsBite & social media)
Wayne Pattison, 79-years old, died five days after being attacked by his dog. The attack occurred on January 15. He was transported to a hospital and released on January 18. He died two days later. Pattison had taken over the care of "Bradford," a pit bull-mix, from his granddaughter, who had rescued the dog from death row.Benjamin Cobb - Hazel Park, Michigan
Photos of fatally attacking male pit bull (DogsBite & provided)
Benjamin Cobb, 4-years old, was brutally killed by a pit bull being housed at his home in Hazel Park, Michigan. The child's mother was in the room when the 60-pound dog attacked. She tried to fight the dog off by stabbing it with scissors then a steak knife. The dog was still "actively attacking" the boy when police arrived.How We Track Photograph Sources
We track the identification photograph's original source. There may be multiple images of a dog, thus multiple sources may be attributed to a single death. We also track where the image was published. For instance, after the death Maria Crawford, DogsBite obtained a quarantine photograph through a FOIA, as well as an image from the dog owner's social media page. Neither images were published by the news media, thus it was sourced to our FOIA and social media.
What is easy to see in our tracking and analysis is the rising number of breed identification photographs located on social media, from only 16% of all collected images in 2013 to 59% in 2019, a 269% rise. It is also easy to see the rising number of overall breed identification images collected, from 59% of all fatalities in 2013 to 81% in 2019, a 37% rise. Finally, the number of pit bull images collected is also rising, from 68% of fatal pit bull attacks in 2013 to 88% in 2019.
Photograph Tracking Categories
- U.S. News media supplied original photograph and/or republished photograph
- DogsBite.org published only; no news media republished the photograph
- Social media website supplied breed identification photograph
- Law enforcement or animal control department supplied photograph
- Animal control allowed news media to take photographs inside shelter
- Canines shot to death at the scene of a fatal dog attack
- Canines taken into quarantine after a fatal dog attack
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01/14/16: 2015 Fatal Dog Attack Breed Identification Photographs - DogsBite.org
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Law enforcement departments across the United States should release consistent "baseline" information to the media and the public after each fatal dog mauling, including these items.
Thank you for your exhaustive research and detailed study.
What I find compelling is: “Police and animal control only released images in six cases.” The authorities have a reason to take documentary photographs, but they don’t want to release this graphic information. Why?What could be their motive for refusing to release this information?
And CBS’s new Star Trek series, “Picard,” features a large, crop-eared pit bull. The victims keep piling up but these dogs continue to be marketed in pop culture.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/picards-dogs-name-star-trek-172104829.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmluZy5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMjED2WLybjqySFr0B7ajBgKeoyQkJFQTYA0McYB2FqfW744EXYONn1SUk6pMNxe7hxJ0d7ktcg4m1GM-aJc3_IJ6lAalvOtaX45c7D3-bRHZYGaZjuo7-nlWILO1ZQbOSmPtxEuQFTaG-OwCbqeQNc8uyQrfudRE2_TzwYUwE8B
Patrick Stewart is an outspoken pit bull advocate. He fosters pits, advocates against dog fighting and pit abuse (good, but how many people really need to be convinced that dog fighting and abuse of pits are bad things?), and opposes BSL.
https://people.com/pets/patrick-stewart-foster-dog-anti-dog-fighting/
No surprise then that his show Picard becomes just another platform for his activism.
When a listing of those who fight BSL is posted, all groups should be included.
Tops in the list would be dog fighters. They really hate BSL!
They know it would not be possible for them to continue without game insane dog killer dogs.
They know it would take many many decades to create “kill or die trying” dog killing dogs from normal dogs.
Social media is helping greatly with this effort. One of the most useful things is grabbing post about the dog that went up before the attack. The pro pit lobby would say none of those dogs are pit bulls because no one can id a pit visually. When you have post from the family (often times the victim of the attack) going on and on about their pit bull and saying “don’t bully my bread”(sic) it confirms the owners knew they were pits.
Anytime they say pits cant be visually IDed I ask them how do they know they have a pit bull then. I don’t know of any other breed with a butt crack on their face. Hey, they haven’t tired to rename them in a while. I had been pushing for “Indentation Male Bovine Terriers” but “Butt Faced Terrier” might go over.
The whole “no one can visually ID a pit” disinfo relies on two things:
1. The label-swapping of pit type breeds among the registry organizations, and the lack of universal recognition by these organizations of Exactly What Is a Pit Bull.
2. The flood of pits mixed with other breeds, publicized with the pit lineage obscured. Hello, lab mix!
None of this means that physical traits and the distinct physical appearance of pit bulls cannot be seen when, uhh, these things are seeable.
Block heads, joker “smiles,” small eyes, smaller out-pointing half-tipped (or cropped) ears, overdeveloped shoulders and a super-muscular frame are all physical traits that were selected for over generations of breeding to produce superior fighting dogs.
So when people see a muscular dog with a big block head, they aren’t wrong to think “fighting bloodline dog” — they are actually probably highly accurate in that assessment.
If that person lives in the US or any other country where pit bulls are prevalent, it is also quite reasonable for a person who sees a muscular dog with a big block head to think “pit bull,” because the odds are excellent that there is a high percentage of pit bull types in the bloodline.
The relationship between physical traits and appearance in ALL dogs is common sense. If it looks like a poodle, it probably is a poodle. If it looks like a Beagle, it probably is a Beagle. If it looks like a Great Pyr, it probably is a Great Pyr. Looking like Breed X is a large part of what the breeders if Breed X have strived for over the centuries — dogs that can be visually identified as Breed X. There are instances where closely related but different breeds are physically very similar, but this is because they are … closely related breeds!
Leave it to pit nutters and the cynical pit lobbyists to turn a common sense item of dogdom on its head. We’re supposed to believe that pit bulls are the ONLY dog that has been selectively bred over hundreds of years with the result that their appearance is so random, you never know when you’re looking at one. Riiiiiight.
It looks like pits are 75% of the killers that have pics. That may be skewed because it seems pit owners have to post pics online. What is the point of having a pit if you can’t be worshiped for choosing to “adopt not shop”?
That’s precisely the point, Dr Duke. Seeking adulation is a big part of why people *choose* to own pit bulls.
Don’t think for one minute that they’re going to a shelter to pick out a “lab mix.” No way. They know *exactly* what they’re looking for.
Gotta keep feeding that narcissism!
Just as an aside, AKC just recognized the Dogo Argentina. Another killer breed.
I know! Between the Dogo and the Boerboel I’ve had it with the AKC.
Another year of looking at the beautiful, innocent faces of the victims of dog attacks in this country. Vulnerability is clearly a trigger. Tiny children, elderly, seizure victims, alcoholics, homeless, etc.
Another commenter had said something along the lines of “if pit bulls only killed their owners, I wouldn’t care as much”. I agree. If dangerous dogs only killed the inbred troglodytes who breed and advocate for their shit dogs, it would eventually work itself out. The problem is that it’s more often an innocent victim who had no choice in whether some aberrant land shark shares their space.
We shouldn’t have to worry about getting killed by a dog, or packs of dogs, in this country. It’s disgusting and shameful. It’s preventable.
Animal advocates love to quote the saying by Ghandi “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” How about the way the victims of dog attacks are treated? They’re often victimized again by disgusting, soulless, animal advocates who say the most abhorrent things. Killer dogs are championed and protected. The dead are denied justice because of the pathetic laws regarding vicious dogs. This is not “moral progress”. This is moral decay.
Seeing those faces of the innocent victims always breaks my heart. I pray that this year will be different, but I’m afraid it will just get worse. My thoughts are with the families left behind to mourn their loved ones.
thanks so much. this website is the reason I acquired my concealed carry permit.
Colleen, I wanted to pass along a link from a reddit post in which the author, a former pit owner & defender who has now come around to being in favor of BSL, specifically credits the dog ID photos on this site for being a major factor in his or her change of mind:
https://www.reddit.com/r/BanPitBulls/comments/eow1m6/how_i_evolved_from_a_proud_pit_bull_owner_to_an/
See Point #2 in the post. But the whole thing is well worth reading.
People not otherwise persuaded by any of the other evidence in these cases may still be persuaded by seeing photo after photo after photo after photo of big blocky heads of the dogs that have killed humans, and quite often utterly defenseless humans.
Your work is making an impact. Thank you.
Thank you for your site. Imagine how terrible this breed is, that they require their own well-funded LOBBY and army of internet agents to shut down and attack anyone telling the truth about this deadly breed! Pits are the ONLY breed who have their own LOBBY! WAKE UP PEOPLE!
The pit lobby uses the same tried-and-true “hate speech” tactics used by those who wish to stifle the truth getting out. Once you see this pattern, you can wake up. Only the truth is attacked in this world…so if you want to know the truth…look for the messages that are the most hated and repressed…
This is why the “adopt don’t shop” people drive me fucking crazy. My breed of choice for decades has been the German Shepherd. Whenever I tell the ADS fanatics that yes, I went to a breeder, I’m peppered with “there are purebreds in shelters and rescues”. I answer- “Oh yeah? Have the parents been vetted for health and stability of temperament? You are welcome to research and find a West German showline GSD who has (by comparison) less drive and sharpness than a working line, and still has a good mind without excessive nervousness (like many American-bred) for me to adopt. I’ll wait.” No one shockingly ever gets back to me. It is not my job to rescue other humans’ shitty choices. GSDs have the second or third-strongest bite of any common breed. If the idiot ADS people want to gamble with that mouth, they’re welcome to. I choose not to. My breeder is one of the top in the WORLD for West German showline GSDs who IMO are the only lines appropriate for the average family. Plus WGSL dogs throw a lot of long coat puppies, which is what I have had. Wonderful and just slightly less serious than the regular-coated somehow, as if the gene for coat resides on the same strand as derp.
I also always say it’s MIRACULOUS how the Pit Bull is the ONLY breed that ignores its genetic heritage. The APBT cultists never can answer back to that one.
i seen an old painting today,of a pack of large hunting dogs killing to deers,two dogs had one deer,jaws on the throat and neck,the other dogs had the other by the back end ,i found it very desturbing, when i looked at the painting closer, i thought this is the same as when dangerous dogs are loose,or live near children,playing outside,if the artist would of painted two pictures, one hunting dogs killing deer ,second hunting dogs killing children, WHY do some want dogs that murder,so evil it is