A look at the comments sections and the PBA's are gloating about "finally, a non-bias article that covers both sides."...I spoke with Aamer in Chicago last week about this issue. The part of this article that SHOULD stand out is the following:
"Stakeholders on opposite sides of the issue cast aspersions about the evidence the others use to back their arguments. A lack of recent government or third-party data on pit bull bites further muddies the national conversation."
Now WHY exactly is that part important?
Because THAT is the whole point in a nutshell. There is a LACK of a government body or THIRD-PARTY data on pit bull "bites" further muddying the issue!
If you are going to say that DBO is not a credible source, then you cannot argue that the NCRC is. This all stems back to my meeting with my congressman to address why the CDC stopped tracking by breed in 1998...Until there is a THIRD-PARTY source tracking these fatal and disfiguring dog attacks WITHOUT interference from BOTH sides of the issue, half the people are going to say DBO is wrong, half are saying the NCRC is wrong. Half are going to say "It's the owners fault," half are pointing to 100's of years of breeding. Half are going to believe Merritt's statistics, half call him a quack.
It is time the CDC revisit this issue WITHOUT interference from the AVMA! If our government would start tracking the data AGAIN, organizations like DBO, Daxton's Friends and the NCRC could shut down TODAY.
I will re-post the recommendations document we submitted to the CDC through my congressman's office in the comments section of this post. I highly recommend reading it if you haven't done so already.
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