And last year, there was a lady who died after being bitten by her own Yorkie. The bite became infected, she had amputations and finally didn’t make it. I’m sure the scary DBO people would say that somehow this isn’t as “bad” as being mauled to death, but she was still dead at the end of, and I have to imagine that going through weeks of suffering and the loss of body parts might conceivably be WORSE than a quick death…Although of course, ideally no one would be dying at all!

What’s also happening over here is that the “status dog” breed of choice has simply shifted. Would-be macho men now have Presa Canarios, Dogues de Bourdeaux, Bullmastiffs, Cane Corsos, Alaskan Malamutes, and Anatolian shepherds…all of which are MUCH bigger than pitties and thus by DBO logic capable of inflicting more harm.

And of course, we still have Staffordshire Bull Terriers, which are one of the most popular breeds in the country — and are pretty much simply slightly-smaller Pit Bulls anyway!

What will happen we keep changing the laws to keep up with the new “bad boy” dogs is that we’ll outlaw every dog over 10 pounds…and even then, And as demonstrated by the Yorkie case, even those dogs will be dangerous in the right circumstances!

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It’s so weird to me that humans impose morality on animals who are behaving naturally, and how selective they can be about it — the idea that lions and tigers are “good” but sharks are “evil”…when the reality is that they’re all just top predators doing what they’re meant to do! Meanwhile humans kill for fun and profit rather than survival, yet we conveniently don’t see ourselves as “evil.”

And I’d rather hug a pitty than a shark, too…Though I live in the UK, so it’s a bit of an impossibility : (

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Some links that might shed some light:

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/the-truth-about-sharks-far-from-being-killing-machines-they-have-personalities-best-friends-and-an-exceptional-capacity-for-learning-9887898.html

http://www.naturalhistorymag.com/picks-from-the-past/191391/sociable-killers?page=5

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/forget-jaws-now-its-brains-48249580/?sessionGUID=43720c49-32ea-9a75-21aa-9062e83999a5&webSyncID=b2868c69-13d5-49be-a1db-28138d648735&page=1

I realise you’re just using humour to make a point, and I certainly don’t think they’d make good pets ; )…but actually, great whites have a lot in common with dogs: these sharks each have distinct personalities, individuals vary widely in levels of aggression and human-friendliness, and they are intelligent and highly social creatures.

And, above all, they’re JUST animals…animals that people have demonized as a “threat,” when in fact humans kill many thousands of the animal to every one human that the animal kills!

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