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Dog Bites:
"Dog attacks are the No. 1
public health problem of children, with more than half of children
bitten by age 12," said Dr. John I. Freeman, president of the
American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA).
"Dog bites are the number
one health problem of children, outnumbering measles and mumps combined."
"The Center for Disease Control
and Prevention estimates that nearly two percent of the US population
is bitten by a dog each year. This represents more than 4.7 million
people per year, most of whom are children. Ten to 20 people die
every year as a result of dog bites in the United States. By far,
most of the victims are children."
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Fatalities
Due to Dog Bites:
"During the past 20 years,
at least 25 breeds of dog have been involved in 230 human fatalities.
Pit-Bull type dogs and Rottweilers were identified as being involved
in 66 and 39 fatalities over that 20-year period; however, the remainder
of fatalities were caused by other purebreds and crossbreeds" (AVMA).
" Since 1975, dogs belonging
to more than 30 breeds have been responsible for fatal attacks on
people, including Dachshunds, Newfoundlands, Golden Retrievers, a
Yorkshire Terrier and a Labrador Retriever," Dr. Gail Golab,
Assistant Director of the AVMA Education and Research Division.
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Dog
Bite Data is Now Stale:
At the AVMA Convention
July 20, 2003 Julie Gilchrist MD, a pediatrician with the National
Center for Disease Control and Prevention, noted "that 1994
is the most recent year for which published data on dog bites exist".
"No centralized
reporting system for dog bites exists" and "Only
in emergency departments are dog bite attackes recorded".
"Children are
often the victoms and a family pet is usually invloved" Gilchrist
states.
Economic
Impact:
"Insurance companies paid
an estimated $250 million in dog bite liability claims in 1996," according
to the Insurance Information Institute.
"State Farm Fire and Casualty
Company paid nearly $80 million in dog bite-related claims in 1997."
"Dog attacks cost society
$1 billion annually" (AVMA).
"Reported dog attacks have
increased at a rate of two percent annually, according to the Insurance
Information Institute and 37 percent from 1986 to 1994 (National
Center for Injury Prevention)."
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Hospitalization:
"As many as 1 million people
annually require medical treatment for dog bites. Dog attacks send
more than 334,000 people to the emergency room each year" (AVMA).
"Dog bites requiring medical
attention in the United States number 500,000 to 1 million annually.
Countless more bites go unreported and untreated" (AVMA).
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Innocent
Dogs Exterminated:
"Every year, 12 million dogs
are destroyed due to behavioral problems. 95% of these dogs could
have been saved if there was as a solution" stated by Dr. Karen
Overall, Director of the Behavioral Clinic at the University of Pennsylvania
School of Veterinary Medicine when interviewed on the 20/20 television
program.
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Euthanizing:
The cost to destroy "Man's
Best Friend" is $98 for each dog. That includes the required
6 to 8 day boarding and the disposal of the body…Sonoma County Animal
Control, California Feb, 2000.
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Money
Wasted To Waste Life: National
To exterminate the 11,400,000
dogs (refer to Dr. Karen Overall) that could have been saved.
It costs $1,117,200,000, which increases each year.
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City of Los Angeles:
"Between July 1, 1999 and
June 30, 2000…The city took in 71,000 dogs and euthanized 51,000
of them. The city of Los Angeles has 6 shelters with a total of 386
kennels across the city" General Manager, Dan Knapp.
California
County of Los Angeles:
"The county impounded 59,642
dogs between July 1, 1999 and June 30, 2000 of that number 41,592
dogs were euthanized. The county has 144 dog kennels" Spokesman,
Bob Ballenger
Money
Cost to Euthanize:
- City of Los Angeles
51,000 dogs = $4,998,000
- County of Los Angeles
41,592 dogs = $4,076,016
For
the same amount of money the City of
Los Angeles spends in one year we will
produce an educational 13 week television
series that would save dog's lives and
save money.
— A
global solution for
a global epidemic—
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Heart
Rendering Price:
There is another heart rendering
price that very few care to talk about. It's the mental and emotional
stress that the compassionate staff and volunteers go through every
day - the daily ritual of caring and giving affection to an animal
in the morning and later in the same day, have to take its life.
This creates a Chronic Stress Syndrome and causes shelter members
to experience various illnesses including recorded suicide.
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AVMA
Confirms The Truth:
The Merck Veterinary Manual (1998)
states in the chapter entitled Social Behavior and Behavioral Problems:
"Almost without exception, physical punishment, including the use of prong collars and electric shock collars, alpha
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No
Breed Born Dangerous:
"Since 1963, the principles
of mutual respect "Train Without Pain" has saved the lives
of over 3,000 behavioral problem dogs from being exterminated. Behavior
ranges from aggressive biters, animal killers, separation anxiety,
rage syndrome and everything in between. Of the aggressive dogs,
including Pit Bulls, over 90% of them were trained with the Alpha
Roll, prong collars, electric shock collars and using Koehler's methods
of hanging the dog until it passes out and using a rubber hose across
its muzzle. Their viciousness was due directly to their natural survival
instinct! Not their breed!"
C.W. Meisterfeld, Ph.D., professional dog trainer since 1954 and U.S. Judicial Certified Canine Psychotherapist Expert
Witness.
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Humane
Society, D.C.:
"Regardless of size or breed,
all dogs can bite if provoked." Randall Lockwood, vice-president
of the Humane Society states "it is not a Rottweiler or Pit
Bull problem, but a people problem in failing to train dogs correctly."
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Truth
of the Matter:
"Based on 40 years
of specializing in behavioral problem dogs and consulting with thousands
of dog owners,
I found most are responsible owners. The culprits are America's top
dominant dog trainers who are instructing Abusive, Brutal and Cruel
Training Methods that can not be applied to any circus animal or
wild animal without endangering the handler. I am sure Seigfried
and Roy's Bengal Tigers are not Alpha Rolled or even picked up by
the ears and shaken."
C.W. Meisterfeld, Ph.D., professional dog trainer since 1954 and U.S. Judicial Certified Canine Psychotherapist Expert
Witness.
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