Children Need Pit Bulls: A Picture Book

[wercal]

88. Pitbulls are being killed....because they bite people

My community no longer has breed specific legislation...

...but when I volunteered at the animal shelter, I couldn't help but notice a commonality among all the dogs on 'court hold'. Court hold means the dog has been accused of biting, and a judge is deciding whether or not the dog gets put down.

The commonality? At least 3/4 of the dogs were pit bulls.

Now these dogs weren't there because somebody was prejudiced against pit bulls. They were there because they were accused of biting somebody. Plain and simple.

The reasons are varied of course, but its hard to ignore the fact that pit bulls are very powerful, and quite often taught to be aggressive.

Looking at your statement "Pit Bulls are killed....", I will finish the statement. This statement is true for all breeds of dogs, and cats as well: "Pit Bulls are killed because irresponsible pet owners do not have their dogs neutered". Its a simple calculus, I learned during orientation at the shelter. They took in around 30 dogs a week, and adopted out 20 dogs. The rest have to be put down. All because stupid and selfish people won't have their animals fixed.

And for whatever reason, that attitude is more prevalent in the Pit Bull community than other breeds.

So if you really want people to stop killing Pit Bulls, why not stop breeding them? That's the epiphany I got sitting there in orientation class. I know that too many people are irresponsible, and dogs are being killed now, every day. So, rather than wait for the rest of the world to catch up in responsibility, I vowed to never, ever, under any circumstances, breed a cat or dog. I don't care how valuable or pure a bloodline is or whatever - if I buy a dog or cat, its getting fixed immediately. Because I love animals, and I'm tired of witnessing the cruelty of over breeding. Don't worry - we won't run out of dogs. Irresponsible people will still overbreed them. But if I buy instead of breed, one less dog is dead.

Would most Pit Bull lovers agree to never breed their dogs? I doubt it.