The fact is the woman that created dogsbite has an axe to grind with pit bulls and it shows on her website which is little more then an anti pit bull propaganda machine disguised as a public safety orientated community focused dog bite and safety educational tool concentrating on victims advocacy.
There's not one animal expert on their payroll or board and it shows just check out this case below.
Eugene Smith
87-years old | Frederick, Maryland
Eugene Smith, 87-years old, was fatally attacked by his family pit bull while taking down his Christmas tree. The dog was still viciously attacking him when Frederick County deputies, Frederick police officers and animal control arrived. Authorities were able to quickly contain the dog. Smith was taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital with severe injuries. He was pronounced dead on arrival. Smith lived at the Stonehouse Road home with his son and his son's fiancée. The family adopted the male pit bull from an unnamed person or rescue seven months earlier. The dog's former owner, who had owned the animal for about three years in a neighboring county, had adopted the dog from a Baltimore area rescue group. At the time of the fatal attack, the 84-pound pit bull was neutered and 4 or 5 years old. Frederick County Animal Control euthanized the dog after the attack. Smith, nicknamed "Smitty," spent his life as a tanker truck driver who delivered milk to farms and creameries in Frederick for nearly 60 years. [source citations]
| Date of death: | January 7, 2015 | Chained: | No |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breed of dog: | Pit bull | Relationship to dog: | Family |
| Sex of dog: | Male | Owner of dog: | Victim |
| Spay/Neuter: | Yes | Multiple dogs: | No |
| On/Off property: | On | Criminal charges: | No |
You can see the the extent of their investigations when the post is littered with......
" the family adopted the pit bull from an unnamed person or rescue some months earlier"
So it's unclear how they came into possession of the dog in the first place.
"the dogs former owner who had owned the dog for about three years had adopted the dog from a Baltimore area rescue group"
So you know the dogs owner now but you said the dog was adopted from an unnamed person or rescue at the start?
2015 dog bite fatality citations ::
Dog bite-related fatality citations are gathered through news reports at the time of the occurrence or located through Internet archival services. Copies of news articles are available upon request.
Not even one of the links supplied on the dogsbite site actually take you to anything related to this victims death and as you can see they refer to media reports as "Citations"?????
These are their source "citations" which consist of nothing but useless media links as none of them work try for yourself.
Euguene Smith
- Ike Wilson, "85-year-old still delivering milk in 18-wheel trailer," The Frederick News-Post, January 28, 2013 (http://www.fredericknewspost.com/)
- "Frederick Co. Man Eugene Smith Mauled to Death by Family Pit Bull," NBC Washington, January 7, 2015 (http://www.nbcwashington.com)
- Clarence Williams, "Frederick man mauled, killed by his own dog as he took down the family Christmas tree," Washington Post, January 7, 2015 (http://www.washingtonpost.com)
- "Frederick man fatally attacked by pit bull," WUSA 9, January 7, 2015 (http://www.wusa9.com)
- "Elderly Md. Man Mauled to Death by Family Pit Bull," CBS Washington, January 7, 2015 (http://washington.cbslocal.com/)
- "Rescued Pit Bull Kills Owner, 87, As He Takes Down Christmas Tree, Dog Euthanized," Inquisitr, January 7, 2015 (http://www.inquisitr.com)
- Paige Jones, "87-year-old Frederick man dies after being attacked by family's pit bull," The Frederick News-Post, January 8, 2015 (http://www.fredericknewspost.com)
- "Md. dog attack victim loved animals," WUSA 8, January 7, 2015 (http://www.wusa9.com)
- (Update) Paige Jones, "87-year-old Frederick man dies after being attacked by family's pit bull," The Frederick News-Post, January 8, 2015 (http://www.fredericknewspost.com/)
- Jeremy Arias and Paige Jones, "Animal Control: Pit bull that killed 87-year old Frederick man had no prior history," The Frederick News-Post, January 9, 2015 (http://www.fredericknewspost.com/)
- "Dog fatally attacks man taking down Christmas tree," WBAL-TV, January 9, 2015 (http://www.wbaltv.com/)
- "Investigation continues in fatal pit bull attack," Herald Mail Media, January 12, 2015 (http://www.heraldmailmedia.com/)
- Dan Rodricks, "In Frederick, a tragic reminder of pit bull ruling," Baltimore Sun, January 10, 2015 (http://www.baltsun.com/)
When you click on copies of news articles are available upon request it leads you to this page and try for yourself none of their links work?
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So there was absolutely no investigation regarding the dog involved despite the sketchy details they've posted and it's a well known fact that shelter staff have real issues visually identifying the breed of any given breed
1.
A New Study discussing the reliability of visual breed identification ..
"In a new study that was just released, researcher Victoria Voith once again exposes the challenges of identifying dominant breeds of mixed breed dogs, even by "experts" in the field."
2.
"Breed identification is used in dog adoption, lost and found, and regulation. In animal
shelters, staff members usually assign breed according to what relinquishing owners
report their dogs to be or based on appearance alone since most dogs arrive without
a known pedigree."
3.
"Pit bulls: Laws are passed banning them. Landlords and HOAs frequently prohibit them. Many shelters refuse to adopt them out. Individuals often fear them. But can anyone accurately identify them?
In a University of Florida study conducted at four different animal shelters and published in the November 2015 issue of The Veterinary Journal, researchers looked at visual identification of dogs as being of the “pit bull” type by shelter veterinarians and staff members."
4.
"Highlights
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- Animal shelter staff and veterinarians are frequently expected to guess the breed of dogs based on appearance alone.
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- Even when observing the same dogs at the same time, shelter staff had only moderate agreement with breed designations.
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- One in five dogs genetically identified with pit bull heritage breeds were missed by all shelter staff.
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- One in three dogs lacking DNA for pit bull heritage breeds were labeled pit bull-type dogs by at least one staff member.
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- Lack of consistency among shelter staff indicates that visual identification of pit bull-type dogs is unreliable."
- 5.
Dog breed identification is no basis for shelter policy.
- The study, underwritten by Maddie’s Fund and reported on the Maddie's Fund website,1 dealt with the limited problem of identifying "pit bull" dogs in four Florida animal shelters. Shelter staff and veterinarians regularly assign breed descriptors to the dogs in their care; but, the authors asked, what are the reliability and repeatability of these breed assignments? They developed their project based upon this question, to test the hypothesis that agreement among staff members regarding identification of “pit bull” dogs would be poor, and that there would be poor agreement between staff breed identifications and DNA breed signatures."
The fact is dogsbite has recently won the most disreputable web site in the internet and is it any wonder with dodgy unsubstantiated claims verging on blatant lies?
Dogsbite enjoys absolutely no support from either the animal experts organizations of the world with all rejecting their so called statistics as little more then propaganda.
more to come.....
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