Dangerous Dogs

Varieties included: Pit Bull, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, American StaffordshireTerrier
Registered dogs (U.S.): 2,683
Child victims: 661
Adult victims: 519
Maimings: 819
Deaths: 159

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Registered dogs (U.S.): 1,592
Child victims: 35
Adult victims: 14
Maimings: 34
Deaths: 7

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Registered dogs (U.S.): 14,709
Child victims: 257
Adult victims: 115
Maimings: 244
Deaths: 67

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Registered dogs (U.S.): 2,457
Child victims: 34
Adult victims: 14
Maimings: 41
Deaths: 1

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Registered dogs (U.S.): 3,760
Child victims: 17
Adult victims: 20
Maimings: 26
Deaths: 8

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Registered dogs (U.S.): 136
Child victims: 1
Adult victims: 0
Maimings: 1
Deaths: 0

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Registered dogs (U.S.): 284
Child victims: 0
Adult victims: 1
Maimings: 0
Deaths: 1

Afton Almaraz / AP Photo

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Registered dogs (U.S.): 2,124
Child victims: 7
Adult victims: 2
Maimings: 3
Deaths: 4

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Registered dogs (U.S.): 9,342
Child victims: 32
Adult victims: 4
Maimings: 13
Deaths: 17

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Varieties included: Australian Cattle Dog, Blue Heeler, Queensland Heeler
Registered dogs (U.S.): 1,499
Child victims: 3
Adult victims: 4
Maimings: 5
Deaths: 0

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Registered dogs (U.S.): 820
Child victims: 3
Adult victims: 0
Maimings: 3
Deaths: 0

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Registered dogs (U.S.): 6,913
Child victims: 13
Adult victims: 4
Maimings: 12
Deaths: 4

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Registered dogs (U.S.): 1,403
Child victims: 1
Adult victims: 1
Maimings: 0
Deaths: 2

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Registered dogs (U.S.): 1,416
Child victims: 3
Adult victims: 3
Maimings: 3
Deaths: 0

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Registered dogs (U.S.): 9,438
Child victims: 6
Adult victims: 7
Maimings: 11
Deaths: 3

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Registered dogs (U.S.): 2,181
Child victims: 1
Adult victims: 1
Maimings: 2
Deaths: 1

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Registered dogs (U.S.): 11,546
Child victims: 8
Adult victims: 6
Maimings: 7
Deaths: 6

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Registered dogs (U.S.): 43,575
Child victims: 52
Adult victims: 20
Maimings: 50
Deaths: 9

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Registered dogs (U.S.): 3,261
Child victims: 5
Adult victims: 0
Maimings: 5
Deaths: 0

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Registered dogs (U.S.): 1,983
Child victims: 0
Adult victims: 2
Maimings: 1
Deaths: 1

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Registered dogs (U.S.): 682
Child victims: 0
Adult victims: 1
Maimings: 1
Deaths: 0

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Registered dogs (U.S.): 4,711
Child victims: 4
Adult victims: 0
Maimings: 3
Deaths: 1

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Varieties included: American Bull Dog, English Bull Dog
Registered dogs (U.S.): 21,037
Child victims: 10
Adult victims: 7
Maimings: 14
Deaths: 3

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Registered dogs (U.S.): 2,243
Child victims: 1
Adult victims: 0
Maimings: 0
Deaths: 1

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Registered dogs (U.S.): 3,828
Child victims: 3
Adult victims: 0
Maimings: 1
Deaths: 1

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Registered dogs (U.S.): 35,388
Child victims: 13
Adult victims: 13
Maimings: 18
Deaths: 4

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Registered dogs (U.S.): 6,533
Child victims: 5
Adult victims: 0
Maimings: 2
Deaths: 0

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Registered dogs (U.S.): 7,720
Child victims: 2
Adult victims: 0
Maimings: 1
Deaths: 1

Sergey Ivanov

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Registered dogs (U.S.): 123,760
Child victims: 21
Adult victims: 11
Maimings: 24
Deaths: 3

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Registered dogs (U.S.): 42,962
Child victims: 7
Adult victims: 2
Maimings: 6
Deaths: 2

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Registered dogs (U.S.): 36,033
Child victims: 3
Adult victims: 2
Maimings: 5
Deaths: 1

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Registered dogs (U.S.): 25,328
Child victims: 4
Adult victims: 0
Maimings: 4
Deaths: 0

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Registered dogs (U.S.): 7,560
Child victims: 1
Adult victims: 0
Maimings: 1
Deaths: 0

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Registered dogs (U.S.): 22,562
Child victims: 1
Adult victims: 0
Maimings: 1
Deaths: 1

Danny Johnston

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Registered dogs (U.S.): 18,218
Child victims: 1
Adult victims: 0
Maimings: 0
Deaths: 1

Melissa Phillip / AP Photo

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Registered dogs (U.S.): 9,615
Child victims: 1
Adult victims: 0
Maimings: 1
Deaths: 0

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Registered dogs (U.S.): 39,484
Child victims: 2
Adult victims: 0
Maimings: 1
Deaths: 1

Peter Kirillov

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Registered dogs (U.S.): 29,939
Child victims: 1
Adult victims: 1
Maimings: 2
Deaths: 0

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Dangerous Dogs

Not all of man's best friends are created equal. The Daily Beast crunches the numbers on the nation's most popular breeds to find those most (and least) prone to pounce.