Interesting Statistics On Fatal Dog Attacks In Canada.

[Tankass]

http://nationalcanineresearchcouncil...a_canada_l.pdf

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P...log%24=activity

[sandgrubber]

The first link seems to be wrong. It just gives me an error message.

http://nationalcanineresearchcouncil...a_canada_l.pdf

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P...log%24=activity

[bryan_mannix]

Thanks for posting this.....

Looks like the entire reference list has plenty of material to scruitinise. Now to pick and choose the bits that suit our way of thinking

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[Tankass]

Sorry.

Try this: http://nationalcanineresearchcouncil.com/w...da_canada_l.pdf

[sandgrubber]

Thanks for fixing the link

I'd say Canada has a peculiar situation. Lots of problems where people -- presumably living on the land with their own culture re raising children and working dogs -- end out with lethal encounters between a young child and a pack of dogs. Looking at the list, I think it's interesting that Australia seems to have relatively few incidents with camp dogs and small children. Aside from that, I find it hard to draw any conclusions from the data presented . . . other than falling through the ice is a bad idea when there's a dog pack at hand.

Sorry.

Try this: http://nationalcanineresearchcouncil.com/w...da_canada_l.pdf

Edited April 13, 2010 by sandgrubber

[Tankass]

Canada also has a high volume of Pit Bull owners. It is interesting on how many of the fatal attacks are from Pit Bulls. Or more to the point many are not.