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Mostre-me a quantidade de hominídeos mortos em Portugal por Tosa Inu, Dogo Argentinos, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier etc...
Quanto ao resto dos ataques por parte dos "Pit Bull", asseguro-lhe com 99% de certeza que de Pit Bull não tinham nada. Se estudar a história da raça ficará a saber que a agressividade para com seres humanos foi praticamente erradicada através da selecção dos exemplares ao longo dos anos. Só porque o cão aparenta ser um Pit Bull não quer dizer que o seja.
Ainda há dois anos confiscaram ao Ed Faron cerca de 150 cães. O senhor Ed Faron sim promove lutas e ainda selecciona o Pit Bull à moda antiga, pelas lutas. Mas acha que isso trás alguma coisa de bom para a raça? Não, avaliando a "big picture" ao se erradicar o verdadeiro carácter da raça deparamos-nos apenas com aqueles cães de bairro que em nada fazem justiça ao nome da raça.
Mas ainda assim, vou-me dar ao trabalho de partilhar consigo alguns factos interessantes:
Estudo efectuado pela ATTS:
The American Temperament Test Society (ATTS) conducts temperament tests to evaluate temperament in both purebred and mixed breed dogs. Unlike various tests like the Canine Good Citizen test, the ATTS Temperament Test hopes to mitigate the influence of a dog’s training by focusing on a dog’s untrained, natural reactions to various threatening and nonthreatening stimuli.
The ATTS reports that in 2007, the three “pit bull” breeds (the American Pit Bull Terrier, the American Staffordshire Terrier and the Staffordshire Bull Terrier) had a combined passing rate of 85.5%. This is a higher passing percentage than the Golden Retriever (84.2%), the Beagle (80.3%), the Cardigan Corgi (75.4%), the Cocker Spaniel (81.7%), and the average of all tested dogs of all breeds (81.6%).
alguns dos cães usados na categoria de pit bull:
www.shadyblueamstaffs.com
Estudo efectuado pela National Canine Research Council:
Banned breeds are no more aggressive than others, new study finds
Posted on July 26, 2011
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Every study completed to date has found breed specific legislation to be completely ineffective in reducing the incidence of dog bites. Now a study of pet dogs in Spain published in The Journal of Veterinary Behavior, offers new insight into why. The study found that the so called dangerous breeds simply behave no differently from dogs in general when it comes to behaviors likely to lead to biting.
The authors looked for risk factors for various behavior problems as reported by dog owners. They found that dogs identified as belonging to breeds designated as dangerous according to Spanish law were no more likely to behave aggressively toward people or toward other dogs than were dogs of the random group of breeds in the sample.
What the study did find was that the larger the dog (dividing the 232 dogs studied into 3 size categories), the less likely it was to exhibit aggressive behaviors toward people such as barking, growling, snarling lunging, snapping or biting. Large dogs were also less likely to behave fearfully. This is particularly striking with regard to the breeds identified as dangerous according to Spanish law, since most fall into the large dog category and the rest into the medium. Thus they are disproportionately represented within the least aggressive groups the study identified. Another notable aspect of this finding is that it is consistent with a larger study conducted in Canada a decade earlier, (Guy, 2001) suggesting that this inverse relationship between aggression and size may carry over across continents and long periods of time.
In looking at aggression toward their fellow dogs, the study found that gender and age played a role. Males were more likely to show aggression toward other dogs, as were to a small degree, the older dogs in the sample, but dangerous breed identification made no difference.
The researchers conclude simply, that “dogs classified as dangerous do not seem to be more aggressive than the rest.”
The full text article can be purchased at Elsevier
Martinez,A.G., Pernas, G.S., Casalta,J.D., Rey,M.L.S., Palomino, L.F,dlC., Risk factors associated with behavioral problems in dogs. Journal of Veterinary Veterinary Behavior (2011) 6, 225-231.
Banned breeds are no more aggressive than others, new study finds | National Canine Research Council
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Pesquisar por: cultura (Tema) e por: Não existem raças (Nome do movimento) - Não é necessário colocar o nome todo, mas em caso de duvida o nome completo é: Não existem raças potencialmente perigosas
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