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There's certain animals that aren't meant to be petsfor certain people. Such as those that do not have the knowledge to train and handle an animal such as a pitbull.
Quoting: Manu-Koelbren There I fixed it for you. You just proved my point that it has very little to do with the breed and more to do with the owner.
The point is that those animals can easily kill people, it doesn't matter if the owner is great, one the day the dog may snap anyway and there might be a tragedy. Even dogs which behave great for many years may for various reasons snap one day and kill someone, even if the owner was great and had knowledge on how to train them. We cannot take those chances. A few days ago in UK some family dogs mauled a granny to death. They were family dogs with no history of violence. You just never fucking know, but why take the risk in the first place?
Any dog could snap and there are many large breeds that are more than capable of easily killing someone. Yes, you are correct...you never know, but why live in fear? You're condoning the elimination of an entire breed just to avoid a little risk? That's a very slippery slope, if you apply that logic to the rest of your life you wouldn't get anything accomplished...everything would be too risky.
Since I am a numbers guy I looked up the "chances" you have of accidental deaths, so here you go.
This is based on US statistics:
Car Crash – 1 in 77
Assault – 1 in 216
Falls – 1 in 269
Motorcycle Crash – 1 in 1295
Airplane Crash – 1 in 4608
Drowning in a bathtub – 1 in 10,499
Alcohol – 1 in 11,854
Contact with hot tap water – 1 in 65,092
Contact with hornets, wasp, and bees – 1 in 66,297
Lightning – 1 in 71,601
Bitten by dog – 1 in 137,694
Looking at those numbers I think I prove my point of attacks being sensationalized in the news. That being said since you don't want to "risk" it, you better stop driving, bathing, drinking, or going outside and make sure you run for cover if a storm is coming so you don't have to worry about risk! On second thought don't run, you might fall...
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