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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 1979, 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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California
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 (every year)
- County of Los Angeles
41,592 dogs = $4,076,016 (every year)
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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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