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DogsBite.org
Type of siteNews
OwnerColleen Lynn
URLwww.dogsbite.org

DogsBite.org, is an American dog bite victims' group which campaigns for the adoption of Breed-specific legislation against pit bull-type dogs to reduce serious dog attacks. The website was launched after the founder Colleen Lynn was bitten by a pitbull in June 17, 2007. It records dog bite data across the United States and Canada.

Criticism

The website has been widely accused of using unreliable methods to collect dog bite data, and have been criticized for their labeling of academic and professional veterinary and animal behavior associations, including the American Veterinary Medical Association, as "science whores", accusing them of being paid by dogfighting groups to release false scientific reports and analysis. The American Dog Breeders Association have also being vocal critics of Dogsbite.org. The AVMA criticized the collection of Dogsbite.org for not accurately collecting data as dog bite victims sometimes miss identify the dog or the breed of dog is not accurate. Huffington Post criticized Dogsbite.org for statistician collection and that the credentials of the people that are affiliated with the website such as Merritt Clifton are neither statisticans or "dog experts".

References

  1. "How Scared Should I Be of Pit Bulls?". Vice.com. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  2. "As family mourns, propaganda hides danger of pit bull attacks". Dallasnews.com. 22 April 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  3. DeFeciani, Emily. "Nature or nurture: Debate over pit bulls growing on social media". Cbs6albany.com. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  4. ^ "The dangerous dog debate". AVMA. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  5. "What Bite Reports Represent" (PDF). Austintexas.gov. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  6. "Inside The Most Vicious Conflict On The Internet". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  7. Cooke-Fredlund, JC "Jeanie" (27 May 2015). "Bad Rap". BookWhirl Publishing. Retrieved 3 December 2018 – via Google Books.
  8. "Seven Dog Pages You Need To Stop Linking To". Thedodo.com. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  9. "Don't breed ignorance -- reject DogsBite.org's pit-bull propaganda". Lowellsun.com. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  10. Dickey, Bronwen (10 May 2016). "Pit Bull: The Battle over an American Icon". Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Retrieved 3 December 2018 – via Google Books.
  11. "Pit Bulls: The Psychology of Breedism, Fear, and Prejudice". Psychology Today. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  12. Bullock, Tyler (1 February 2019). "Dog Bites and the truth about dogsbite.org - Pit Bull". Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  13. Cooper, Douglas Anthony (24 September 2014). "The Academic Impostor Behind the Pit Bull Hysteria". Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 3 December 2018.


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