"* If statistics are to be used the most recent figures should be used. Division of Local Government, Department of Premier and Cabinet Council, Reports of Dog Attacks in NSW 2010/11, March 2012. This report says that the pure bred Australian Cattle Dog ranked 27th in involvement in attacks, and cross bred Australian Cattle Dogs ranked 38th. This is with the usual qualifiers that ""a dog attack can include any incident where a dog rushes at, attacks, bites, harasses or chases any person or animal, whether or not any injury is caused to the person or animal"" so a cattle dog chasing a neighbour's cow is listed as an attack, and ""Care should be taken when interpreting any of the following figures received from councils relating to reported dog attacks"", and that using the register to identify breeds and registered dogs as the base population introduces results in ""many more pure breed dogs were involved in attacks than cross breeds.""    

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