That's the same logic as the one that asserts that since Timothy McVey was a non-muslim American, all non-muslim Americans are as bad as muslims.
The rare exceptions support irrational assertions.
Try this :
Enter "pit bull" in the Freeper search box and check out the dozens of horrible killings of humans and pets by pit bulls and pit bull mixes in the last few months!.
If you are a real real sick-o, do the same in Google.
One would hope that they, too, will be euthenized.
“The rare exceptions support irrational assertions.
Try this :
Enter “pit bull” in the Freeper search box and check out the dozens of horrible killings of humans and pets by pit bulls and pit bull mixes in the last few months!.
If you are a real real sick-o, do the same in Google”<<<<<
I prefer to do actual research instead of relying on the media to feed me my opinions. I spent the better part of a day going through the stories on Google, only to find the same few repeated over and over again on different stations, with slightly different details. Some others were not even really pit bulls, and some were stories about dogs running loose without biting anyone.
I have not come across a single reputable study that proves pit bulls are inherently dangerous. I have found several pseudo-studies from people who have no credibility and something to gain stating things that aren’t true. I have, however, found several studies and spoken with several people anyone would consider experts, and they all agree that this is more a social issue than a dog issue.
www.cdc.gov
www.atts.org
www.nationalcanineresearchcouncil.com
www.chako.org
www.kcdogblog.com
The CDC, the AVMA, the HSUS, the AKC, UKC, most veterinarians, most animal behaviorists, and most animal control officers all agree that pit bull attacks are merely a symptom of the problem, which is owner irresponsibility combined with media misrepresentation.
For the record, most estimates have the population of pit bulls at around ten million out of seventy-six million dogs total. Take small dogs out of this equation (small dogs are always going to be the most numerous) and you can see a huge percentage of the medium to large dogs are pit bull-type dogs. Less than a half of a half of a percent of them have taken a life, which means that the pit bulls NOT attacking people are the VAST majority. Judging the entire population based on the actions of a tiny minority is irrational and counterproductive.
There are several thousand dog attacks every day in this country, but for some reason even a pit bull running through a neighborhood without biting anyone will end up on the news instead of, for example, the attack that sent me to the hospital two months ago by non-pit bull-type dogs. No reporters considered my attack newsworthy, but I would be willing to bet that if I had lied and told them the dogs were pit bulls, I would have been offered an interview by several different companies. It’s happened before.
Pits have been targeted. Most people don’t realize that GSD’s, Rotties, and dobermans kill more people every year than pits. In 99% of all dog attack cases, the aggression is brought on by the owners, not the dogs. The owners neglect, abuse or train the dogs to be aggressive.
Sadly, the pitbull has taken on the role of the gun. It’s the guns fault. No mention of the person that warped the dog or pulled the trigger.
The dogs pay the price, the people that did it to them go out and buy another dog to treat the same way.
Pitbulls were demonized by the media and became the “dog of choice” by the criminal element. Now, the entire breed is taking the rap for it.