Remember that woman in rural LA county who was killed by a pack of dogs last week?

[wercal]

203. This misidentification BS makes my blood boil

Twenty years ago, I was at Fort Riley, Kansas...and there was an underground subculture of people who owned large and dangerous dogs (those living off post in nearby cities such as Junction City, Ogden, and Milford). They would brag about how they would confound code enforcement/law enforcement, since nobody could positively id their dog as a pit bull (banned by breed in these cities).

An interesting aside was there was a substantial overlap between this group and the Amway salesmen in the area.

Anyway, they thought they were so slick, would laugh about it, and have a good old time. People would call and complain about the dangerous dog, and they would brazenly tell the inspector 'this isn't a pit bull'...'this isn't even a breed'....'you need a DNA sample'.

One morning a young boy waiting at the bus stop in Milford was mauled to death by one of their dogs. Real funny, huh? Alot of dog 'lovers' got to see their dogs get seized and detroyed - suddenly the police quit buying into this line of crap, and figured out that they could tell a Pit Bull fro a Poodle. Dozens of dogs euthanized...because only a 'dog hater' would spay a pit bull, right?

The woman who owned the dog went to prison. Her husband lost his job on post managing the all ranks club, and went to work for McDonalds.

Your explainaton that the police and media are mis-identifying dogs is offensive, speculative, and non-sensical. Its one of the most tedious and delicately constructed defenses I have ever seen to a very clear cut issue. It is absolutely insane to dismiss the radically high number of dog bites from Pit Bulls as a statistical anomaly. I have seen this with my own eyes, working at the dog shelter - where the vast majority of dogs on hold, waiting to be euthanized by court order, are Pit Bulls (because they BIT SOMEONE) And I can freaking tell the difference between a pit bull and a collie.

These are dangerous animals. Keep them out of the city limits and quit trying to rationalize that they aren't dangerous.