Bra där mellow!
Attacks by non-pit bull dogs are rarely taken up by national or international news outlets.
• A three-year-old Virginia boy was admitted to the hospital with “extensive injuries”. The child was attacked by a dog described as a
Golden Retriever mix. The wounds to the child required 300 stitches. The child was further described as requiring additional surgeries to “functionally repair muscles, nerves and work on scars”. This incident was reported in only
two local newspapers.
• A 3-year-old girl was admitted to Children’s Hospital in Denver with serious lacerations to her face and head. The hospital declined to release the child’s name or information on her condition. She had been attacked at her home by a dog believed to be a
Labrador Retriever.
This attack was reported four times and only in Colorado outlets.
• An Indiana woman was attacked and knocked to the ground by a dog identified as a
German Shepherd. The dog she was walking, a small Sheltie mix was also attacked. Neighbors responded and managed to restrain the German Shepherd, but not before the woman was bitten twice in the face. Her small dog was so gravely injured that it was euthanized. This incident was reported in only
one local newspaper.
• An 11-year-old California girl was bitten in the leg and received “serious, but not life-threatening injuries”, when she was attacked by two
pit bulls. Her injuries required hospitalization. This incident was reported in
over ninety national and international newspapers. Forbes, FOX News, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, and dozens of other major news organizations headlined this “Pit Bull Attack”.
Källa:
http://nationalcanineresearchcouncil.com/dog-bites/dog-bites-and-the-media/audience-interest/