Shelter Animals Count, a national database, estimates that the U.S. shelter population grew by nearly a quarter-million animals in 2023.
    • ExLisper@linux.communityEnglish
      83·
      9 months ago

      This has been said so many times it’s boring: chihuahua with a bad owner never killed anyone.
      Also: would you support mandatory background checks, permits and training for pit bull owners? To make sure that they only go to good owners…

      • Ascrod@midwest.socialEnglish
        81·
        9 months ago

        I support educating pet owners, and regulating “puppy mills”.

        Dogs aren’t guns.

        • ExLisper@linux.communityEnglish
          43·
          9 months ago

          Educating and regulating how? Mandatory certificates for pit bull owners? What regulations of “puppy mills” would stop pit bulls from killing people?

    • rab@lemmy.ca
      54·
      9 months ago

      That’s not what the data shows though. The vast majority of dog attacks are by pitbulls.