Chamaram-me Safira: Estudo clarifica que as raças chamadas potencialmente perigosas, não são mais perigosas que qualquer outra raça

domingo, 7 de agosto de 2011

Estudo clarifica que as raças chamadas potencialmente perigosas, não são mais perigosas que qualquer outra raça

Estudo clarifica que as raças chamadas potencialmente perigosas, não são mais perigosas que qualquer outra raça.

http://www.nationalcanineresearchcouncil.com/blog/new-study-finds-banned-breeds-no-more-aggressive-than-any-others/

"The authors looked for risk factors for various behavior problems as reported by dog owners. They found that dogs identified as belonging to breeds designated as dangerous according to Spanish law were no more likely to behave aggressively toward people or toward other dogs than were dogs of the random group of breeds in the sample."

É bom que estes estudos sejam feitos, porque a ciência vem sempre comprovar factualmente algo que poderia ser argumentado como duvidoso até aqui. No entanto pela minha experiência anedótica, sei que as raças incluidas na lista dos potencialmente perigosos, são tão perigosos, como qualquer outro cão que seja mal educado, mal treinado e mal amado. Ponto final.

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Dogs Bite: But Balloons And Slippers Are More Dangerous.

Dogs are dangerous. And they are more dangerous to children than to adults. Not as dangerous of course, as kitchen utensils, drapery cords, five-gallon water buckets, horses, or cows. Not nearly as dangerous as playground equipment, swimming pools, skateboards, or bikes. And not remotely as dangerous as family, friends, guns, or cars.

Here’s the reality. Dogs almost never kill people. A child is more likely to die choking on a marble or a balloon, and an adult is more likely to die in a bedroom slipper related accident. Your chances of being killed by a dog are roughly one in 18 million. You are five times more likely to be killed by a bolt of lightning.

The supposed epidemic numbers of dog bites splashed across the media are absurdly inflated by dubious research and by counting bites that don’t actually hurt anyone. Even when dogs do injure people, the vast majority of injuries are at the Band-Aid level.

Dogs enhance the lives of millions more people than even the most inflated estimates of dog-bite victims. Infants who live with dogs have fewer allergies. People with dogs have less cardiovascular disease, better heart attack survival, and fewer backaches, headaches, and flu symptoms. Petting your dog lowers stress and people who live with dogs just plain feel better than people who don’t.

Yet lawmakers, litigators and insurers press for less dog ownership. This must stop. We must maintain perspective. Yes, dogs bite. But even party balloons and bedroom slippers are more dangerous.