Pitbull Guide

Monday, September 05, 2011

Pit bull and Rottweiler Liabilities not Covered

In United States of America, two breeds of dogs are responsible for fatal attacks on human beings. Fifty two persons have died due to the pit bull attack and twelve persons have died due to rottweiler attack in the last three years. According to the survey conducted by US centre for disease control over eight lakh dog bites are reported every year.

If you are living in southern California then you are safe because dog bite injury compensation is very much available there. There are many attorneys who are specialists in this kind of claim in that part of the America.

As a matter of fact most of the dog bite victims are children. The reason is very simple. The children play with the dogs more than the adults and the children tend play roughly which may provoke the dog to bite. The children could not understand the warning signs of the provoked dog and easily fall a prey to the dog attack. where as the story is little different in case of pit bulls because the pit bull bites all of a sudden and the children could not escape as the pit bulls will over power them as they are heavy and robust. The pit bulls weigh about 30 to 40 pounds easily which too much for most of the children.

Pit bulls attack the adults too. Six out of the fifty two people who died due to pit bull attack are more than 65 years old. In that two were attacked in their own yards. As mentioned earlier the pit bull attack has no prior warning at all. Though the pit bull attacks the adults and children alike the children are traumatized more than the adults. In some cases the children are attacked in the presence of adults. The adults could not protect the child as they are over powered by the pit bull’s size and strength. Because of this increased number of attacks by the pit bull, there is people movement to eliminate pit bull breed in some parts of the America.

There is a problem in making the law against this totally unpredictable aggressive breed of dog. There is no clear genetic study that confirms that these dogs are really uncontrollable. Besides the agency which tests the temperament of the various dog breeds could not confirm that pit bulls are the worst. The pet owners must under stand that most of the insurance companies exclude pit bull, rottweilers, huskies and American bull dog from the liability portion of the policy. In this case the pet owners should compensate the damage caused to the sufferer.

There is piece of information. If you are injured by the pit bull attack in Los Angeles, there is no need to worry as there are plenty of attorneys who are very well experienced in handling those cases in the court of law. If those are approached, your monetary loss can be covered as those attorneys are expert in protecting the dog attack victim rights.