Horror as 80-year-old double amputee killed by FOUR pit bulls in savage attack which pulled him out

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64. No doubt all these videos some find on YouTube

that negatively shows pit bulls, you've seen the good ones too right? When you read negative stories you read the positive ones too as well right? Yeah, I didn't think so. If you did, you'd find a lot more articles, videos and documentaries that would show you the other side. Do you read about the pit bulls who have made excellent therapy dogs and service animals for the disabled? Have you read about Michael Vick's saved pit bulls and how they are now? Stories of pit bulls aiding in saving a life? Have you actually ever spent time with a variety of pit bulls either in shelters, kennels or vet hospitals? Do you actually have any experience with a fair number of them, not just the ones your neighbor has? Some of you may have had a bad experience with one - but have you had experience with high numbers of them in a circumstance where the owners aren't irresponsible? Have you actually spent any time becoming "informed"? Just looking at one side of an issue doesn't make you informed. Heck if I believed all the crap republicans go on about, I'd be believing that democrats are all idiots.


You know what other types of stories are vast in the news? Abused pit bulls. Those stories are EVERYWHERE. A pit bull starved to death and thrown down a garbage shoot. Somehow that dog was found and actually survived even though I don't ever remember a dog looking that emaciated that actually lived. His name is Patrick. He's doing well now. Oh and there are hundreds more like him. Or how about in my area where a pit bull was dragged down the highway behind a truck and when the chain broke, the dog was slammed into a guard rail. The worst part of this story, aside that it happened in the first place, was that the dog was still alive. She was taken to the ASPCA where they determined her injuries were too serious to treat, she was STILL alive and had to be put down. Or about the one who was tied to a picnic table and his rear end was stuck to the ground because it was so cold. If I had a nickel for everyone of those stories, I'd never have to work again.

I'm not going to bother linking videos, documentaries and articles that show another side because quite frankly, a small handful on this board do not know how to be objective. Perspective is also lacking because some can't understand that we have approx a couple million pit bulls in the United States, if the hysteria matched the truth, we'd have hundreds of deaths per day due to pit bulls who are born vicious and evil instead of, let's see - 22 people died in 2012 from pit bulls or pit bull "types" (whatever the hell that means). This is one of the most rare ways to die. You're a million times more likely to be murdered by a human, killed in a car accident, shot to death or die from cancer/heart disease. You even have a slightly better chance to be killed by lightening. More people die from cow attacks for Pete's sake. A little perspective please.

However, it doesn't mean we shouldn't try to prevent the few we do have because all lives are important. Banning won't do it. Culling them won't do it. Thugs will just malign a whole other breed. It happens in countries that have banned pit bulls.

Now if some can't understand that a pit bull is an animal and like ALL animals, you'll get a small percentage that behave like animals, especially when trained to act that way, not socialized or abused - and quite frankly, do not know any better - then nobody is ever going to understand this issue.

In most cases especially with dogs, all roads lead back to the owner or a previous owner. This is not a cop out, this is a fact. Take a poll amongst people who work with dogs every day of their life and you'll find them blaming the other end of the leash. Dogs are like kids in that they need guidance and raised and trained properly because they become a product of their environment. There are exceptions to this, but very few.

Also I love how dogs are held to the same intellectual standard as people. Pit bulls are "evil". So is a bear "evil" for killing a camper or is it animal defending it's territory or just being what it is, an animal that we cannot verbally reassure that we're not there to hurt them?

I'm sorry, but ignorance and being spoon fed from the corrupt media is no excuse to malign millions of dogs who have never hurt anyone. So many people claim they don't trust the "mainstream right wing media", yet some eat up these stories on pit bulls like it's their favorite meal, no questions asked. Just incredible.