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U.S. fatal pit bull attacks have surpassed 370 since 1998; the last year the CDC studied fatal dog attack data by breed. In the last 8-year period of the CDC study (1991 to 1998), pit bulls averaged 2.9 deaths per year. From 2013 to 2020, the most recent 8-year period, pit bulls averaged 28.4 deaths per year, an increase of over 850%.resources
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1919 Fatal Pit Bull Attack – John Doe
August 1919, Warren County, MS John Doe, Adult Fatal dog attack involving bulldog (pit bull-type) View related map Cayton’s Weekly August 02, 1919. Vol. IV No. 8 Library of Congress The Passing Throng Saw it in the Times: Damn Lie … Continue reading
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