(Scott H. continued...)

merely for human entertainment.

This is an emotionally charged issue and I contend that there's bias
even on the part of some animal welfare organizations that I alluded to
in the last paragraph. I realized that a way that bias could be
expressed is "anthropomorphic bias and (lo & behold) I am not the
first person to think of that. After a quick internet search I found that
there is an article written about the subject (link below):
“Anthropomorphism as Cognitive Bias" by Mike Dacey. Individual
canines don't have a right to be born and exist merely because some
people adore the way they look and want one as a status symbol. I also
contend that there is social pressure from a majority group that's
coercing influential people to agree and that phenomenon was
explored with the Solomon Asch conformity experiments at
Swarthmore College in 1951.

"Anthropomorphism as Cognitive Bias" by Mike Dacey M.A., Ph.D,
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Bates College, Lewiston,
Maine https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/19dd/2eb7187d2c5303ch8bb3517ade8a84dad2e5.pdf 

htps://www.bates.edu/faculty-expertise/profile/mike-dacey/

I also reiterate my contention that any examination of relevant
statistical data needs to take into account that there have been bans.
enacted at various times in various municipalities throughout the
nation so there would be a reduction in overall population of the type
of dogs and it would stand to reason that others would increase. There
is one study that I found that purportedly takes a local enacted ban
into account but I don't see where any increase (or change) in human
population is included as well as any population increase for canines
in general. > https://journals.plos.org/plosone /article?
id=10.1371 /journal.pone.0208393 that study is referrenced in this
"Psychology Today" article
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/canine-corner/201902/do-breed-specific-laws-reduce-the-number-dog-bites.
but Psychology Today isn't a peer-reviewed scientific journal, it's a
magazine that is available to the general public that is published for
profit.