State epidemiologists say Alaska led the nation in dog bite injury deaths and hospitalizations from 1991 to 2002.During that period, nine people died and 288 were hospitalized for injuries.
Among Alaska regions, the Interior had an annual rate of 4.6 injuries per 100,000 people.
Look how cute they are! Would they bite you? Damn right they would!
Many of the dogs in rural Alaska are not truly pets. They are dogs bred for pulling sleds or doing other kinds of work and will definitely bite a strange child or even adult that wanders too close to their kennel.
This has been a problem up here for a very long time.
In Anchorage, where I live, we have leash laws and are not allowed to have large kennels of dogs within city limits. Therefore we do not have as many dog problems as they do in the smaller communities. And that is why I live here.
I wish the sled racing would be outlawed. Ditto for greyhound racing, horse racing, rodeo, etc.
ReplyDeleteMost of the stories I've read involve the human and dog miscommunicating. I've owned dogs for several decades and I'm still learning their language.
What beautiful dogs. Love the eyes.