[sky_rw]

Im not a fan of the premise that a small percentage of a population being responsible for an outsized percentage of violence is a result of their breeding. It's the environment and socialization factors that drive this.

[adamckay]

> It's the environment and socialization factors that drive this.

Then why is it overwhelmingly this breed that attacking people?

We accept that certain breeds have innate instincts and traits - border collies herd, labradors retrieve, greyhounds run, pointers point, small terriers chase - but you argue that this breed of dog that was (when you trace its lineage [1]) originally bred to bring down bulls and be aggressive and fight can't possibly be aggressive because of its breed?

It's been recently reported that half of all of these XL Bully dogs in the UK are descended from a single dog called "Killer Kimbo" which itself was inbred [2] and its first and second generation offspring were responsible for killing a 4 year old child and a grown man respectively.

1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Bully#History

2 - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/09/14/britains-xl-bull...

[arp242]

Fact remains these dogs are literally killing people; over 50% of deaths in recent years.

I don't care one iota if it's "breeding" or "environment and socialization factors" or "CIA dog mind control"; this is a problem and these people remain dead.

[bitcharmer]

It's time to stop spreading this false narrative. It's genuinely baffling how many people will disregard hard evidence and statistics simply because it doesn't fit their world view.