What a questionable analogy for you to make, bringing in genus when the discussion was about species, animals being members of the same species. Gosh zebras and horses are not part of the same species. Dogs and wolves are part of the same species, Canis Lupus. Translated they are both grey wolves, dogs are a type of wolf by scientific definition. Canis Lupus, the name given to them by scientists.
They are carnivores, their instinctually pack animals. And the human body count each year show they still have those hunting instincts, pit bulls much more than any other type of dogs.
Dogs even 100 pounders would view a baby as large prey
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Some animals that kill both large and small prey for their size (domestic
cats and
dogs are prime examples) may do either depending upon the circumstances; either would devour a large insect whole but dismember a rabbit. They can search out an kill the helpless but “size maybe a refuge for large prey.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predation
Get ready when its ears-
Alert, held forward or backward to catch sounds, eyes- Wide open. Staring, focusing, mouth-closed, body-Rigid. Low to ground, ready to spring forward. Quietly sniffing the air, tail-straight and low, no vocalization. That is how they look when they are predatory, time to hide the children and oldsters.
Gosh do you know how many people corgis killed in the US over those 10 years, zero. As far as I know it’s the same for beagles. And for hundreds of other types of dogs. But you feel the need to bring this killer among that only kills one out of every hundred thousand of us. Oh how lucky we are to only have to sacrifice 9 peoples lives so far this year so that you can have the right to bring pit bulls among us. It is my very strong personal hope that your children do grow up safely. That they not be endangered, they not be that one in 100,000. That one you are so ready to sacrifice based on a selfish desire to have a killer.
That self centeredness is from what you must be redeemed.
Gosh a ruddies on your rave on teen driving. States are making it more difficult for teens to get drivers’ licenses and social changes that discourage teen driving have precipitously reduced the number of teenage accidents and deaths.
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/31/graduated-licensing-is-credited-for-declining-death-rate-among-teenage-drivers/
http://bottomline.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/21/12343246-the-secrets-out-2013-honda-accord-details-leaked
These actions are causing the numbers to fall. Maybe if we did something to discourage pit bull ownership we would not be on pace to match the highest year of pit bull killing. Of course Ohio passes laws to encourage pit bull ownership. And the OC overflows with the dog’s apologisits.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_dog_attacks_in_the_United_States