Pitbulls Used to Be Considered the Perfect "Nanny Dogs" for Children --

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186. There is no easy answer here

but banning one breed will only lead to the banning of another, and in the meantime people are still getting mauled and killed by dogs. It solves nothing. Go to the root of the problem and that is people who manipulate these situations. The people should know better, the dogs caught in these situations do not. People are always going to be the main root of the problem.

I know that with all we do, preaching about how to best care for our dogs, how to best train them, spay/neuter, go after offenders - there is still a problem. We will probably always have this problem and that is very sad to me. But banning a breed of dog is not going to do it, there is always the next breed to be maligned and banned as a result of scumbag people. However I do believe we are making a difference, slowly but surely.

And as far as people not noticing ... sure, the ones who do not own a pit bull and get enjoyment out of them won't notice and probably won't give a toss. The ones that do however would certainly notice. Cities like Denver have a ban on pit bulls - but this wasn't a ban against any new ones coming in. They went to people's homes, grabbed their pit bulls (who had never been in trouble for aggression) and were put to sleep. Those families suffered greatly when this happened, and the worst thing about it was MOST that suffered were responsible owners with loving dogs. But because they were pit bulls, and in some cases only resembled a pit bull in appearance, they had to die. Their good temperaments be damned. Some were able to get their dogs out of the city before this happened, but others were sucker punched. This is not the way. I hate discrimination of people and I hate it even more when it comes to animals, who at the end of the day have no say in the matter.

We notice when an animal in wildlife is endangered and we sure notice when they become extinct, and we try to prevent that from happening. Just remember that if someone can ban something you don't like, they can also ban something you do ... regardless of how stupid doing so might be.