Pit bull statistics (newest at top)
• Fatal & disfiguring dog attacks in Canada, 2004-present
• Abstracts of 16 breed-specific medical studies of dog attack injury
• Dogs killed 62 Americans & three Canadians in 2022; pit bulls killed 41
• South African dog attacks (South African dog attack deaths, 2004-present)
• How many doggies are in the window? Dog breed census 2023
• What we discovered from counting 1,122,465 dogs over the weekend
• Will there be a Tomb of the Unknown Pit Bull Victim? Body count 2021
• 10-year totals: pit bulls kill 81% of pets & livestock animals killed by dogs
• Dog attack deaths & maimings, U.S. & Canada, 1982-2021 log
• How many other animals did dogs––& pit bulls––kill in 2021?
• Dog breed census 2021: Labs, hounds top list; pit bulls come in third
• Did North Carolina seven-year-old die trying to stop a dogfight?
• Study of misreported dog attack deaths affirms ANIMALS 24-7 findings
• Pit bulls again inflicted 90% of fatal dog-on-dog attacks in 2020
• Dog attacks: COVID-19 made 2020 the strangest year yet
• COVID-19 boosts Labs, goldens, & small dogs; pit bull breeders crash
• Pit bulls killed 33 of 46 U.S. victims of fatal dog attacks in 2019
• Record pit bull attacks on other animals in 2019 & pro football
• Breed survey 2019: more puppies, yet fewer homes for pit bulls
• Pit bulls killed 30 times more animals in 2018 than human crime
• 40 Americans & Canadians killed by dogs in 2018, 31 by pit bulls
• 2018 dog breed survey: at least 41% of U.S. pit bull population are seeking homes
• Study authors miss own findings about soaring cost of dog attacks
• “Pit bull roulette” killed 38,000 other animals in 2017
• 57 dog attack deaths & 645 disfigurements in 2017, led by pit bulls
• “Rescued” pit bulls now outnumber pit puppies
• Virginia pit bull fancier, 22, sets new record for pit bull deaths in one year
• Emily Mae Colvin, 24, is record-tying 34th pit bull fatality of 2017
• Three pit bull attack deaths in one day mark 35 years of logging the mayhem
• 91% of dog attack disfigurement victims in 2016 were mauled by pit bulls
• Record 32,550 pit bulls killed or badly injured other animals in the U.S. in 2016
• Record 33 fatal pit bull attacks & 459 disfigurements in 2015
• Pit bulls killed 24,000 other dogs & 13,000 cats in 2015
• Pit bull crime doubled in 2016
• 2016 survey: List of top 5 U.S. dog breed types ousts pit bulls
• Casualties of the “save rate”: 40,000 animals at failed no-kill shelters & rescues
• How many other animals did pit bulls kill in 2014?
• Record low shelter killing raises both hopes & questions
• 32 years of logging fatal & disfiguring dog attacks, by Merritt Clifton
• Pit bulls were 32% of U.S. shelter dog inventory in June 2014
• Why we cannot adopt our way out of shelter killing
• Pound dog inventory down, no-kill inventory up, in 2015 shelter survey
• Most popular breed in U.S. ain’t nothing but a hound dog
• “Pit Bull Awareness” day & month mark 33 years of exponentially accelerating pit bull mayhem
• Who eats the most Floridians––pythons, pit bulls, bears, or alligators?
• “Punishing the deed” costs twice as much as banning dogs of fighting breed
• Which dogs commit serial & rampage maulings?

Beth & Merritt Clifton