Dogs are the 3rd deadliest animal to humans (discounting humans themselves), but since they are popular pets and more like another family member in some Western countries, they get a big pass imho (or rather, their owners) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animals_deadliest_to_h...

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afiori 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

This is like the statistics that cows kill more people than sharks, if it was common to keep bears as pets they would kill way more people than dogs

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xnx 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Dogs are the 3rd deadliest animal to humans

4th according to that confusing chart (confusing because mosquitos are off to the side).

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jefftk 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

How much of being third deadliest is just there are tons of dogs around humans, so they have far more opportunities for an interaction to go poorly?

	▲	rglynn 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah, given that I'm surprised the number isn't higher. Also there's this note: > Dogs seldom kill humans directly. Rather, they are primarily a vector that transmits rabies

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aitchnyu 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Looks like most of them are stray dog attacks. There was an Indian operation where 25% of dogs rounded up had rabies, and vaccines fail due to improper storage.

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n8henrie 3 days ago | parent [-]

What? 25%? Isn't rabies in dogs lethal in fairly short order (like in humans)?

I'm pretty sure the rural county in which I work hasn't seen rabies in a dog since like 1986.

I work in an emergency room (frequently caring for dog bites) in an area with numerous packs of strays. Dog rabies is always a concern, but I've never seen a confirmed case.

	▲	aitchnyu 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2024/Sep/05/q...