Nope!
Geeze, people.
Google is your friend.
http://btoellner.typepad.com/kcdogblog/2010/03/the-truth-behind-dogsbiteorg.html
It’s run by a woman who was [allegedly] bit by a Pit and went batshit.
She has slightly more credibility than pETA and HSUS and slightly less objectivity than the DNC.
It was, btw, a fatal attack.
I'll fire up my old 'puter later to see if I can access the longer version.
http://www.catster.com/forums/Dog_Laws_and_Legislation/thread/607398/1
It started with a news account reporting the weight of the 'pitbulls' as 120 lbs.
That set off tingling in my BS meter
and I watched the internet as new accounts were published
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"Now in addition to the report of 120 lbs an update has this info
"They don't come out the gate," Raymond Sanchez told News 4 WOAI.
"But, I mean, they're huge. They're just not average dogs, they're big pit bulls.
Do you know what I mean? They must weigh 150 pounds"
Caution advised on this one until more info is available.
Sounds like they could perhaps be Am.Bulldogs or some sort of Mastiffs."
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Then I posted an update (note at this point I thought dogsbite.org was a reputable site)
with the picture that had me wondering if there had been a misidentification.
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"An update here...
http://www.dogsbite.org/blog/2009/03/2009-fatality-boy-killed-by-pit-bulls.html
indicates both dogs were intact males
only photo I've been able to find...
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l172/kanawa/dogs/sanantionioMar09.jpg
difficult to make judgement from pic."
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Then I did something that needs to be done in order to get
factual information upon which to base an accurate analysis of a dog attack
I did some, hands on, personal investigating.
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"I spoke with Lisa Norwood of San Antonio Animal Services. She was there at the scene of the attack and observed the dogs.
I raised the question of the reported weights of the dogs.
She said the reports were not accurate
and gave the weights of the dogs as between 75 and 85 lbs.
She said that one of the dogs was a type of pitbull mix
the other definitely was not...she judged it to be a Retriever mix.
She had this important piece of information...
both dogs were intact males.
Animal Services had never been called to this address nor had any reported problems with these dogs.
She did say there were anecdotal reports some of which fell into normal dog behavior...barking at the fence at passerbys
but they had no reports of bites and under Texas law bites must be reported
no matter how small and the dog must undergo quarantine.
The dogs were both licensed but didn’t have the recommended micro-chip
also, they did not have the required special license for an intact dog, cost of which is $50.
We discussed the function of the dogs
and agreed that while it appeared they served as guard dogs
the fact that they lived in the house indicated
they also functioned as family dogs.
She mention that one of the elements of the story that still is not clear
is how the dogs got outside which is where they were when the police arrived.
We chatted a bit longer and both agreed
that so many of these tragedies could be avoided
if people just did the sensible and responsible thing
and did not leave infants unattended with dogs.
She was very helpful in answering my questions and I’d like to thank her
and all the folks at San Antonio Animal Services for the fine work they do."
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At that point I contacted dogsbite.org to inform them of this information.
I was naive and thought they were concerned with accurate compiling of information.
After a number of attempts to contact them with no response
and without their reporting of the incident being corrected,
I was forced to the conclusion that they were not what I had assumed them to be.
Desemination of accurate information was not and is not the focus of their agenda.
