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U.S. fatal pit bull attacks have surpassed 370 since 1998; the last year the CDC studied fatal dog attack data by breed. In the last 8-year period of the CDC study (1991 to 1998), pit bulls averaged 2.9 deaths per year. From 2013 to 2020, the most recent 8-year period, pit bulls averaged 28.4 deaths per year, an increase of over 850%.resources
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Human Deaths by Pit Bulls Surpasses 160 since 1999
Human deaths by pit bulls surpasses 160 since the CDC stopped studying fatal dog attack data at the end of 1998 — swayed by the heavy-handed help of the AVMA and animal welfare lobbying groups. Learn more.
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