Pit bull statistics (newest at top)

• Will there be a Tomb of the Unknown Pit Bull Victim? Body count 2021

• 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?

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