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Councilman seeks stricter ordinance on dangerous dogs By Karen Middletonkaren@athensnews-courier.com By the numbers
Phillips draws from statistical data published by the Centers for Disease Control and the Journal of the American Medical Association as well as leading researchers in animal behavior to keep his Web site updated daily. This is some of the facts posted by Phillips: • A CDC survey shows that dogs bite 4.7 million people annually—nearly 2 percent of the population—in the U.S.; 800,000 require medical attention. • The average yearly fatal dog attacks in the 1980s and 1990s was 17, but in 2007 there were 31 fatal dog maulings in 15 states of the U.S., two of which were in Alabama. Texas led with eight. • According to a study by Merrit Clifton, editor of Animal People, pit bulls, Rottweilers, Presa Canarios and their mixes are responsible for 74 percent of attacks; 68 percent of the attacks on children; 82 percent of the attacks on adults; 65 percent of the deaths and 68 percent of the maiming. • Dog attack victims suffer more than $1 billion in losses every year. Athens-Limestone Hospital spokeswoman Barbara Ferguson said that 59 people were treated for dog bites in the emergency room in 2007. Limestone County Department of Health Environmental Health Supervisor Bob Smith aid 124 animal bites were reported to his department in 2007. “Of those, 24 were cat bites, three squirrels, one rat and the rest were dogs,” said Smith. “Very few of these reports come from the city, where they have a leash law. Most come from the county.” Police Chief Wayne Harper said his officers investigated just two dog bite incidents in Athens in 2007. 
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