Colleen Lynn
The creator of dogsbite should really recuse herself when it comes to pit bulls being as she was "bitten" on the forearm by one and struggles to hide her hatred for the breed and their owners.
Ms Lynn has no formal education and/or training in canines at all she's a media specialist she has her own media company which manages all the pit bull hater pages and sites on the internet.
I've just discovered one of dogsbite's campaign regarding the identification of pit bulls.
This first meme relates to a court case from 26 years ago and there's plenty of evidence on the net since this judgement indicating that even experienced canine experts and shelter workers actually struggle to identify pit bulls.
New Study Proves That It's Extremely Difficult To Visually Identify Pit ...
"As many as a third of 120 dogs who were part of this study were called Pit Bulls, even though DNA tests showed they weren’t anything of the sort.
And some 20 percent of the dogs found themselves in the opposite situation — not identified as pits by shelter staff, while DNA tests showed them to belong to this cohort of blocky-headed dogs who are adorable, but face terrible discrimination."
The meme below actually cites a court decision from Mexico from 29 years ago and was obviously made by a judge receiving unreliable advice.....
"Highlights"
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- Animal shelter staff and veterinarians are frequently expected to guess the breed of dogs based on appearance alone.
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- Even when observing the same dogs at the same time, shelter staff had only moderate agreement with breed designations.
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- One in five dogs genetically identified with pit bull heritage breeds were missed by all shelter staff.
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- One in three dogs lacking DNA for pit bull heritage breeds were labeled pit bull-type dogs by at least one staff member.
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- Lack of consistency among shelter staff indicates that visual identification of pit bull-type dogs is unreliable.
Surely the ideal situation would be if laws were created using credible science and again this meme is based on information from 26 years ago.....
Visual Breed Identification | National Canine Research Council
"Research has consistently shown that visual breed identification is very often inaccurate1,2,3,4, and scientists have known for decades that even first generation crossbreeds usually look dramatically different than either parent5. Moreover, recent research also indicates that even experts have very little agreement when visually determining breed "2,3,4,6
Brian Bickel campaigns for pit bulls and as a result has found himself a target of dogsbite as you can see they're mocking him in the meme below what they're failing to grasp is "pit bull" is a "term" whereas the "American Pit Bull Terrier" is a breed.
Childish juvenile meme's using talk show hosts in the hope it actually carries more merit but the fact is it's a lie as is the majority of alleged statistical information on the dogsbite website.....
DNA studies reveal that shelter workers often mislabel dogs as 'pit bulls'
"“Animal shelter staff and veterinarians are frequently expected to guess the breed of dogs based on appearance alone,” said Julie Levy, D.V.M., Ph.D., a professor of shelter medicine at the UF College of Veterinary Medicine and the lead author of a study published recently in The Veterinary Journal."
Dogsbite has little to no actual legitimate science to fall back on so naturally they're left with little alternative but to promote propaganda and featuring heavily in that is memes.
Is That Dog a Pit Bull? A Cross-Country Comparison of Perceptions of ..
CONCLUSION
In summary, neither participants within a country nor participants between the United States and United Kingdom strongly agreed on whether a dog was a pit bull, especially if he or she had bull breed features. "
All the current studies available on the internet indicate that identifying a pit bull is not something everyone can do and given even professionals struggle how is a layman supposed to be able to do it?
Dogsbite claims that an average person can identify a pit bull then answer me as to why they constantly post pictures of dogs that are not pit bulls claiming they are pit bulls.
For instance.....
Pick the Pit - Can you find the Pitbull?
One of the pictures below is of an American pit bull terrier. The others are of other specific, registered breeds. No mixes, no mutts.
As you will see with this quiz, there are lots of breeds of dogs who look like what people think of as a pit bull. When they're mixes, it's even harder to differentiate them.
Link to quiz.... http://www.pickthepit.com/
Give the quiz a go and see if you can "pick the pit bull".
DNA studies reveal that shelter workers often mislabel dogs as 'pit bulls'
Dog breeds contain many genetic traits and variants, and the behavior of any individual dog is impossible to predict based on possible combinations.
“A dog’s physical appearance cannot tell observers anything about its behavior. Even dogs of similar appearance and the same breed often have diverse behavioral traits in the same way that human siblings often have very different personalities,”Levy said.
How to Identify a Pit Bull | The Daily Puppy
Overview
The term pit bull is regularly used incorrectly. Traditionally pit bull is a shortened term for the American pit bull terrier, a United Kennel Club-recognized breed; but the term is erroneously used in reference to breeds that have similar stature and appearance to the American pit bull terrier. Incorrect use of the term is misleading, especially so when used to describe mixed breeds. Since legislation targeting so-called "vicious dog" breeds is a fact of life, it's important to correctly identify a pit bull. Know what makes a pit bull distinct from similar-looking crossbreeds.
So layman are supposed to be able to identify pit bulls even when actual professional struggle to do so indicating this judgement is obviously flawed given the new studies available contradicting it.
Link to dogsbite Meme campaign..... https://www.facebook.com/pg/dogsbite.org/photos
All the memes are made based on decisions handed down over 25 years ago and there's been a lot of work done in the canine field since rendering these decision to be irrelevant.
Dogsbite is the kind of advocacy you get when you let a "media" expert run the show she's really good at what she does but that's not canine related and it shows in the sites so called statistics all of which come from Merrit Clifton who's been extensively debunked.
Google search for "debunking Merrit Clifton"
"About 13,100 results
Google search link.....https://www.google.com.au/search-debunking+merrit+clifton
Merrit Clifton Debunked
Equally Dogsbite has been extensively debunked and has no support from the broader animal community.....
Googling "debunking Dogsbite" reveals.....
"About 5,080 results
Source google search.....https://www.google.com.au/search?-debunking+dogsbite
Unethical Website of the Month: Dogsbite.Org | Ethics Alarms
The fact is dogsbite has no support from all the major legitimate animal organizations worldwide and seem to enjoy relatively little support from the broader community.....
As you can see that screenshot was taken 6 months after their fundraiser started and they've had twenty three donations and they claim to be speaking for the majority of Americans when they argue against pit bulls whereas the truth is they speak for a tiny little minority.
Dogsbite consistently call mixed breed mutts pit bulls and despite being exposed they refuse to address the issue and adjust their post on their site in spite of being presented evidence confirming the dog involved was actually a mixed breed mutt with Staffy , Shepherd and Pit Bull in it.....
Excerpt from the blog.....
"Below I've found the post about the pups when Alexandria decided to keep 2 of them and as you can see they are four to five variety mixed breed mutts including Staffy, Shepherd and Pit bull."
Source for excerpt..... https://pitbullhaterexposed.blogspot.com.au/2017/01/tyler-trammel-huston-was-killed-by.html
Dogsbite is little more than a propaganda machine being driven by hate & revenge fueled cynophiles they support and promote breed specific legislation they've created more memes claiming Bsl saves lives.....
The fact is Bsl has little to no actual effect on over all bite statistics or fatalities and as such none I mean not one legitimate animal organization in the world supports Bsl.....
Position statement on Breed-specific Legislation - AVSAB
The fact is dogsbite has absolutely no active programs to assist victims and the donations seem to be spent on making memes and providing the creator with red wine?
more to come....
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