It is wrong. The individual not the breed should be held accountable.
In the right situation a fatal attack could be done by ANY BREED. Fact: "October 2000 death of a 6-week-old baby, which was killed by her family's Pomeranian dog...The baby's uncle left the infant and the dog on a bed while the uncle prepared her bottle in the kitchen. Upon his return, the dog was mauling the baby, who died shortly afterwards. ("Baby Girl Killed by Family Dog," Los Angeles Times, Monday, October 9, 2000 , Home Edition, Metro Section, Page B-5.)"
How many places ban Pomeranians because of the actions of some that bite and a record of at least one being a fatality? How about a LabradorXBasset - also involved in a fatal attack. Mixed breeds have done fatal attacks...no one is banning mutts.
There are more trips statistically to the ER from baseball injuries than dog bites - but no one is banning baseball.
According to http://www.central-insurance.com/docs/ho-dog.htm
Pit Bulls and Rottweilers are involved in over 50% of dog attacks.
There is an 80% chance that a biting dog is male.
Dog bites occur more frequently during the summer months, on weekends and holiday
65% of all bites take place while the animal is being fed, played with, teased, abused, or separated from another dog.
These statistics from an insurance company shows that males during the summer (more people around) are more likely to bite but the majority of bites happen when being TEASED, played with, ABUSED, FED or breaking up a fight. The CDC found "They found that at least 25 breeds of dogs had been involved in the fatal attacks."
" Examples among children included .. a boy aged 4 years who was bitten on the lip by a dog that was guarding her pups; and a girl aged 3 years who was bitten on the face when trying to take food away from the family dog." Where were the parents? ANY DOG feeling her pups or food is threatened especially a dominant breed can bite. Chows are often mentioned in both bites and fatal bites but not in breed bans.
One study out of Denver (which banned pits) showed unregistered dogs overwhelmingly were more apt to be biters - yet it's not illegal to own an unregistered dog. They've found an increase in bites from German Shepherds and Chows as well as Akitas and Collies...yes "Lassie". They aren't yet banned anywhere. most also had little training...TRAINING (statisticly) makes a difference.
The dogs that do good things...they aren't recognized. With the uproar of pits in Denver isn't it ironic that if something were to happen there - many explosive dogs, K9s, search and rescue dogs etc are PIT BULLS. They are banned in Denver.
"Nev is a working explosives dog for the Washington State Patrol, the states premiere law enforcement agency. He regularly screens vehicles on the Washington State ferry system - currently rated the United States most "at risk" transportation system. He is also called upon to do such varied tasks as search for spent bullet casings at crime scenes and respond to bomb threats." (This dog was slated to be put to death in Ontario Canada due to a breed ban - he'd never done anything wrong other than being a pit)
Another was found in a "refrigerator on a back porch of a house in Buffalo, New York during a drug bust. ... inside was a pit bull puppy wrapped in a black plastic bag. The pup was near death..Popsicle, as he was named, became one of an elite few accepted for training at the school in Front Royal, VA. ...To give you an idea of how “elite” the dogs must be, of 500 dogs tested by Barr in three years, only four made the cut...Popsicle finding 3,075 pounds of cocaine in a pineapple filled truck at the Mexican border-the biggest drug bust ever at the Hidalgo, Texas, port of entry."
There's a lot of good dogs out there too - they don't get the headlines.