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Dog attacks
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Child attacked by dog. This was
nationally reported as a pit bull for a
week. when the dog was properly
identified it was NOT a pit bull.
Unfortunately as always, the damage to the
breeds reputation has already been done and
only 1 paper that we are aware of corrected
themselves in follow up stories. |
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Officer mistakes Boxer for pit bull and
shoots the dog. |
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Story headline is "mauled by
pit bull", the story goes onto
say "pit mix, then to Lab/Pit mix and at the
end its indicated the dog is a Lab Rott mix.
Once the dog was identified as a Lab/Rott
the term pit bull should have never been
used. |
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Fatal attack in Ariziona,
reported in the media as "pit bulls"
The dogs were properly identified as
American Bull Dogs, yet some of the media
still uses "pit bull".
Google Alert - States "pit
bull", when you
click on the link the dogs are
identified as American bull dogs.
Texas News station,miss
reporting as pit bulls. |
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Dogs attack cat and lunge at man. Dog
was identified as a pit bull but found to be
a Bull Mastiff. |
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March 17, 2007 Friendswood,
TX Headlines reported a woman was apparently
killed by her dogs, when police
arrived they had to shoot and kill the "pit
bull" because it attacked. A quote
from Officer Lisa Price, “All three
dogs were in the backyard, but the pit bull
was the one that tried to attack,” she
said."
The dog was not a pit bull
but a Catahoula Bulldog. The media
jumped on the "pit bull" There were even
stories identifying the dog as a pit bull,
after the dog was properly identified.
Yet again, officers
on site have made a knee jerk
identification, the media takes and runs
with it and the breed image suffers.
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Kansas City, MO March 6, 2006
Headlines on the news report "Pit Bull
attacks 12 yr old". However the dog
pictured being captured isn't a pit bull,
nor does it appear to me a pit mix.
After complaints to the News station
regarding the breed id and using the term
Pit Bull, what did they do? They
removed the picture of the dog and left it
as a pit bull attacks story.
Read
Story
Picture of dog:
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February 2006 Massachusetts -
A 7yr old was killed by a large breed dog.
The dog has been reported as a
Bull Mastiff as well as an
English Mastiff. |
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Dog is identified as a Rottie
but from photo appears to be a Rhodesian
Ridgeback |
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December 2005, Detroit.
There was a 91yr old woman that appears to
have been killed by her dog.
Initial reports of course indicate it's a
pit bull, a report the next morning
identifies the dog as a Bull Mastiff, and
yet another says it's a possible pit bull /
American Bulldog mix. Then end
result, it's a 90lb mixed breed dog,
end of story. If you don't know the
breed, don't write it.
Story indicating the victim was 91, it was a
90lb pit bull 10 years old and had belonged
to her grandson who died last year.
Another story saying it's a pit bull and
that she was 92 and her grandson died 4 yrs
ago. Also says there was a visitor in
the home and as well as gentleman who rents
a room in the home.
Here the dog is an 80lb 3 yr old Bull
Mastiff
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this story we have a Pit bull / American
Bulldog mix.
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December 2005 - New York; Article
indicates the officer was attacked by a Pit
Bull, yet the picture of the dog being led
aware is not a pit bull. |
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Indiana (September 2005) American Bulldog
attacks child it was initialy reported by
press as pit bull attack.
Initial Story
Corrected story |
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North Towanda, NY (October
2005)- This attack was initially reported as
Pit bulls. The dogs were later
correctly identified as a Lab Mix and a
Mastiff Mix.
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it happens yet again. In Saginaw
Michigan (August 2005). A couple of
dogs entered a petting zoo and killed some
animals and wounded several others.
The two dogs were identified as "pit bulls",
one dog was shot and killed by a zoo
employee and the other was taken into
custody. This story made national news
because of course it is a "pit bull" story.
The problem, it was NOT a pit bull,
nor a pit bull mix.
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This dog was identified as a
Pit Bull. This dog is not a pit bull
and based on this picture doesn't appear to
be a pit bull
 mix
even.
Indiana Zoo Story |
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Another case of mistaken
identity. Headlines after fatal attack
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Pit bull kills baby", The
TRUE story, it was an American Bulldog
that killed the child. The families
American Pit Bull Terrier, attempted to save
the child by attacking the other dog in an
attempt to get her to release the child
according to the parent. |
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Boy
LIES about being attacked by Pit Bull.
It was his friends German Shepard! |
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In Sterling Heights Michigan
there was an incident involving a pit bull
and a Rottie.
According to police records the rottie
lunged at them on scene and had to be
killed. The
Major TV news
and print press of course wrote that the
pit bull was the dog that attacked the
officers and was killed at the scene.
The small local paper, got the story right! |
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Article
title reads "Rapid Dog" but reading the
story it's a Racoon. |
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Boxer mauls
toddler, dog incorrectly identified as a Pit
Bull : This one is the worst of
the worst!! The headline read's
Pit Bull, but you will find as you read the
story it is correctly identified in the
story as a Boxer. |
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Ottawa Sun,
headlines read about a Pit Bull attacking to
brothers. Many days later they find
the dogs are believed to be Bull Mastiffs
not pit bulls. |
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Council
Bluffs, IA (who passed BSL based on
stories like this one) Teen NOT bitten by
pit bull as originaly said. When
properly identified the dog is a Lab mix.
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Loose dog attack
fabricated!! Woman reported loose dogs, one
described as a Rottie came into her house and
attacked her. It turns out she was attacked by
dogs that lived in her house! The dogs were a
Dachshund and a Labrador. |
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Media
Misreported - Teen was NOT bitten by a Pit
bull. Once the dog was PROPERLY
identified it turned out to be a LAB Mix.
Feb 2005 |
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An attack incorrectly labeled as a Pit Bull.
Dog was correctly identified as a Dalmatian Mix! |
