Good work, Norski.
Bottom line — the pit bull is a case of selective breeding gone terribly wrong.
Well, the fallout is absolutely devastating. Unfortunately, these traits are exactly what the dogfighters were - and I assume (it’s still big business and big money) for which they are still breeding.
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“A good first step would be for shelters to adopt a policy of no adoption of pit bulls - hold 3 days and then put it down. It would clear out the shelters for animals that should be adopted.”
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This would be an effective beginning. But consider how much it would cut into the fundraising of the “Best Friends” type animal rescues.
I have more information to process, and more financial aspects of this to digest, but I believe that at its source, the problem is spiritual and twofold:
1) The Love of Money, and
2) The Love of Death.