Man found dead in Hamilton; attacked by dog

[terrym]

6 year old boy who climbed over his neighbour's fence killed by a dog

http://www.timescolonist.com/6-year-...lina-1.1993380

Once again, the breed is predictable.
http://www.dogsbite.org/dog-bite-sta...ities-2014.php
According to this link, Pitbull account for less than 10% of the dog population but also account for 65% of fatalities.

[last5oh_302]

This forum certainly has an abundance dog attack and bear rehabilitation experts!

[werner.reiche]

This forum certainly has an abundance dog attack and bear rehabilitation experts!

It also has an abundance of people totally clueless on those issues as well.

Are you going to dispute the CDC link's assertion that dog attacks are breed specifics?

[last5oh_302]

It also has an abundance of people totally clueless on those issues as well.

Are you going to dispute the CDC link's assertion that dog attacks are breed specifics?

Those numbers are skewed, which is old news and one of the reasons BSL is going the way of the dinosaur, and besides the fact it's been proven that it just doesn't work.

The link below explains in in much better detail:

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
BREEDS OF DOGS INVOLVED IN FATAL HUMAN ATTACKS IN THE UNITED STATES BETWEEN 1979 AND 1998

This is perhaps the most misused and misunderstood dog bite report. Politicians and the media often quote this report inaccurately.
The main flaw in the CDC study is that it attempts to characterize dog attacks by breed, while ignoring all other possible factors.

http://stopbsl.org/fortherecord/scientific-studies/

[terrym]

Mathematics have no bias.

[last5oh_302]

Mathematics have no bias.

So if a company has 50 trucks and 2 of those trucks get pulled over for a violation/mechanical inspection but one of them fails, do they now have a 50% violation rate? The numbers don't lie, right? That's one bad company, or sure appear to be!

[werner.reiche]

Those numbers are skewed, which is old news and one of the reasons BSL is going the way of the dinosaur, and besides the fact it's been proven that it just doesn't work.

The link below explains in in much better detail:

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
BREEDS OF DOGS INVOLVED IN FATAL HUMAN ATTACKS IN THE UNITED STATES BETWEEN 1979 AND 1998

This is perhaps the most misused and misunderstood dog bite report. Politicians and the media often quote this report inaccurately.
The main flaw in the CDC study is that it attempts to characterize dog attacks by breed, while ignoring all other possible factors.

http://stopbsl.org/fortherecord/scientific-studies/


I can also post links indicating bear cub rehabilitation works quite well.

The numbers aren't skewed - they are pretty simple: X people killed by breed Y.

Could you elaborate on what is skewed - the article says breed mis-identification - but where "purebred" is identified, I can think we can pretty easily assume that breed was correctly identified.

Bear cub rehabilitation and release into the wild has not worked successfully ever, anywhere.

[last5oh_302]

The numbers aren't skewed - they are pretty simple: X people killed by breed Y.

Could you elaborate on what is skewed - the article says breed mis-identification - but where "purebred" is identified, I can think we can pretty easily assume that breed was correctly identified.

Bear cub rehabilitation and release into the wild has not worked successfully ever, anywhere.

You can do whatever you want with numbers. They don't tell the whole story, or situation.

Maybe you should tell Colorado they've been wasting their time. Seems they have a 94% success rate (especially for cubs) in Colorado. Are you to dispute the Colorado Parks and Wildlife findings after rehab'ing all those bears?

http://denver.cbslocal.com/2012/05/2...ng-bears-work/

[MikePal]

The Coroner is reporting that the dog did NOT cause the death of the man....???

A man in his 30s who died after reportedly being attacked by a dog Wednesday night did not die as a result of the dog attack, Hamilton police say.

The coroner is now investigating the cause of death.

The witnesses in the same news clip told the reporter that the dog was ripping away at the man.

Strange and getting stranger.

Good link (Scientific Studies) Rick....thanks.

[finsfurfeathers]

The Corner is reporting that the dog did NOT cause the death of the man....???



The witnesses in the same news clip told the reporter that the dog was ripping away at the man.

Strange and getting stranger.

Good link (Scientific Studies) Rick....thanks.

Its the old Law school question. Man gets shot stumbles into traffic gets hit by a speeding car and dies. What did he die from?


Any number of things may have happen. Guy could of had a heart condition that the stress of the attack literally scared him to death. However I'm sure a dog at your throat isn't making anything better. Can sugar coat a bitter pill as much as you want but when you got an animal bred with the mentality and physiology to take on a 1500 pound animal anything else is just a chew toy. Keep'em if you like but be prepared to be held to a higher level of care and control of that animal.