Originally posted by: LuNoTiCK You guys don't understand anything about Pitt Bulls.
Like the name pit bull?
Originally posted by: LuNoTiCKThey aren't as bad as the media would have you believe, and honestly real pitt bulls aren't really supposed to be over 50 pounds, but sometimes you would have an anomaly, but never 80 pounds.
http://www.dogbitelaw.com/Dog%20Attacks%201982%20to%202006%20Clifton.pdf
Yeah, clearly pit bulls aren't more dangerous than the other breeds. In reality, in cases where the dogs breed could be confirmed, pit bulls, Rottweilers, and Presa Canarios are responsible for 74% of dog attacks from 1982 - present. These dogs were bread to be aggressive, why would we expect anything less?
Some other interesting statistics...
61% of bites happen at home or a familiar place
77% of the biting dogs belong to the victim's family or friends
http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/americanpitbull.htm
The weight ranges from 22-110 pounds for the American Pit Bull Terrier. Most fall between 35-55 lbs.
Originally posted by: LuNoTiCKThese are mutts that were bred for size that are attacking. If you look at the history a dog that fights the Pitt Bull dog should never attack a person, and if it does, the dog will be killed, it's too dangerous when people have to be in the ring with the dog. Look at the history. Also oftentimes it's not even Pitt Bulls that are attacking, but it gets misreported as being an American Bulldog or something else.
So we breed a dog to fight and kill other dogs and then think it's safe to have these animals in our back yards when we know they have a history of attacking people? Something doesn't seem safe about this.
I don't understand why people feel the need to defend this species. It was basically *designed* to be aggressive and to fight to the death. This may have been ok hundreds of years ago but do we really need this in our neighborhoods today? I'm not saying that every pit bull is a bad dog, but clearly there is a tendancy here. Why can't you just own a less aggressive species of dog? Do you HAVE to have a pit bull as opposed to a border collie or chocolate lab?
Listen, I'm a huge fan of personal liberties but in this case we have a situation where it is clear that pitbulls (along with two other breeds) are responsible for a majority of dog attacks. There is no *need* for us to have pit bulls around and it's not a protected right. I think in this case, it'd be wise for people to just quit breeding them and get more docile dogs that were meant for urban types of environments. That's all.