Why the UK is banning the American XL bully.

Highlights: In a bizarre turn of events last month, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that he would ban American XL bullies, a type of pit bull-shaped dog that had recently been implicated in a number of violent and sometimes deadly attacks.

XL bullies are perceived to be dangerous — but is that really rooted in reality?

  • hiddengoat@kbin.social
    711·
    11 months ago

    Ooh look, you’re partway there.

    Now do some more reading on how many dogs that is, what percentage of the population other breeds account for, and what percentage of pit bulls are responsible for fatal injuries vs what percentage of other breeds are responsible for fatal injuries.

    And then, to actually make it even, separate the pit bull breeds into their individual actual breeds. You did know there were several breeds considered pit bulls, right?

    https://www.pitbullinfo.org/inaccurate-pit-bull-statistics.html

    100% FAlse: “Pitbulls” account for around 65% of fatal dog attacks
    This statistic is derived from grouping together all dog bite-related incidents for the four unique pitbull-type breeds, 20+ bully-type breeds (and their many mixes) that are frequently misidentified as one of the pitbull-type breeds, and the many different mixed breed dogs that can be mislabeled as “pitbulls” (based on their appearance) into one bucket and classifying all of these dogs as “pitbulls” - which will undoubtedly lead to flawed and inflated “statistics”.

    What you find is that PER CAPITA pit bull breeds are not significant outliers when it comes to fatal injuries or attacks. They are similar to other breeds that nobody gives a shit about like rottweilers, dobermans, German shepherds, and other common breeds you can find anywhere that pit bull haters live.

    “Black people Pit bulls are only X% of dogs but account for Y% of crime fatal injuries!”

    Stop me if you’ve heard that one. It tends to come from the same type of person.

    • Tavarin@lemmy.ca
      95·
      11 months ago

      Don’t bring racism into this, this has nothing to do with racism or people.

      And yes, per capita pitbulls do account for far more fatal attacks compared to other breeds.

      And my goodness, you’re actually linking to pitbullinfo, hahahaha. I already did a full teardown of that idiotic site, and its inability to actually read scientific papers with another lemmier. It’s such a massive crap pile of propaganda, trying to disguise itself as a reliable source.

      Every paper they list in their sources either doesn’t say what they claim it does, or says literally the exact opposite. It’s hilarious how bad that site is, and I can’t believe anyone falls for it.