>>You are right, but I’m curious as to you prescription to prevent these. <<
People need to understand that PBs are a different breed created to be hostile, violent and powerful.
They are cocked weapons that need special training, care and handling.
Already many home owner’s policies will not cover any harm done by PBs.
I am not sure Breed-specific laws are in order, but I do believe what I said — people who have kids and untrained PBs are negligent and create a dangerous environment.
I don’t have an answer other than a major scale knowledge and publicity blitz, like they did with smoking around kids.
Sounds reasonable to me.
One of the big problems IMO is that many urban shelters have primarily or only pit bulls or pit bull mixes available for adoption.
So many dogs are put down each year and so little is known about those surrendered for adoption that I would systematically remove them from the system, and make sure that only less dangerous dogs are available for families heading to the local shelter for an adoption.
Unbelievably ignorant comments from the lot against Pit Bull Terriers.
It’s PEOPLE, not the Pit. (I have opinions about both the dog owners’ and the parents’ culpability, but I’m referring specifically to breed-specific bias here).
I’m neither going to debate the ignorant nor defend my comment. To coin a phrase, “The truth is out there”.
(Fair notice: Using the statistics available tabulated for Pit Bull Terriers I could make some very, very Un-pc comments when comparing to national crime statistics by race. And there’s as much validity for that comparison as abortion being victimless...it’s the PEOPLE, people, not the Pit)
My wife’s brother and his wife got a Pitbull. We informed them we would not be coming around. Of course we got the
“ don’t be stupid” speech. Their Pitbull and another pit bull got into it and he tore his rotator cuff separating them and his wife had to have stiches. After that their Pitbull got out and attacked a neigbors Shih-tzu. Dog lived.... $1500.00 vet bill. Brother-in-law got rid of the Pitbull. Still have to control myself and keep a tight rein on my gloat-a-rometer!!!