Thursday 29 September 2016

Most dangerous DOG breed "THE PITBULL"

Top 10 Most Dangerous Dog Breeds Based On Their Fatalities

Breed	Bodily harm	Child Victims
Pit bull	2235	911
Rottweiler	495	278
Husky	71	44
German shepherd	96	60

Pit bull

"Pitbull" redirects here. For the American rapper and entertainer, see Pitbull (rapper). For other uses, see Pitbull (disambiguation).

Pit bull
A selection of pit bull type dogs. Clockwise:American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, American Bulldog,Staffordshire Bull Terrier.
Origin	England Scotland Ireland United States
Domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris)

Pit bull is the common name for a type of dog. Formal breeds often considered in North America to be of the pit bull type include theAmerican Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, American Bully, and Staffordshire Bull Terrier.^[1] The American Bulldog is also sometimes included. Many of these breeds were originally developed as fighting dogs from cross breeding bull-baiting dogs (used to hold the faces and heads of larger animals such as bulls) and terriers.^[2] After the use of dogs in blood sports was banned, such dogs were used as catch dogs in the United States for semi-wild cattle and hogs, to hunt and drive livestock, and as family companions,^[3] although some owners still bred and used them for illegal dog fighting.^[4] This practice continues to this day, but is illegal in many nations.^[5]

The term pit bull is often used loosely to describe dogs with similar physical characteristics, and the morphological (physical) variation amongst "bully breed" dogs makes it difficult for anyone, even experts, to visually identify them as distinct from "non-pit bulls".^[6]^[7]^[8] While mixed breed dogs are often labeled as "pit bulls" if they have certain physical characteristics such as a square shaped head or bulky body type,^[9] visual identification of mixed breed dogs is not recommended by the scholarly community