What are your thoughts about the word VICIOUS?
The word "vicious" should be reserved for dogs that have already shown aggression and have attacked. You need to protect people who haven't yet been attacked by "riskier breeds" or "inherently dangerous dogs". A good majority of the serious and fatal dog attacks are done by "sweet dogs" that have never attacked anyone before, and the majority of these dogs are pit bulls types and Rottweilers. If an owner can prove that they never knew the dog to be dangerous, the victim, or more likely, the city, will pick up the tab. Those life flight helicopters, the extra emergency support, and life saving and cosmetic medical costs are very expensive.
It seems a policy that addresses actuarial risk, which is calculated to be 2,000% for pit bulls, rottweilers, and wolf hybrids, would help. It's amazing that people who profess to love pit bulls fight against any policy to be more responsible, and comply to some extra measures such as mandatory liability insurance, stronger and higher enclosures, muzzles in public, and even spaying and neutering policies. They are in the same camp as criminals who use these dogs for weapons, and the people who use and breed them for the cruel and illegal sport of dogfighting. They fight for the status quo, which equates to more people and animals being mauled, more cruelty cases involving pit bulls, a few of those pit bulls shot by police in the line of duty outrages, and thousands of unwanted pit bulls languishing in public shelters, waiting to be euthanized.
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