Children Need Pit Bulls: A Picture Book

[SheilaT]

91. Thank you for your post.

The sad truth is that Pit Bulls are responsible for the largest percentage of bites, maulings, and outright killing of humans. If all breeds were equally at fault we'd read a lot more about killer Chihuahuas or Poodles. But we don't. We read about the Pit Bulls.

Yes, it is almost always an irresponsible owner at the root of the vicious dog problem, regardless of the breed. But it still comes down to the fact that so many of the vicious dogs are . . . . are you ready? Pit Bulls.

And irresponsible people don't spay and neuter their dogs, either. Nor their cats and cats breed a whole lot faster than dogs, so many millions more cats are put down every week than dogs.

About fifteen years ago I did volunteer work at an animal shelter, and one of the posters they had stated just how many cats and dogs each and every family in this country would have to have so that there would be no homeless ones. Something like seven cats and three dogs. Or maybe eight dogs and four cats. I don't recall the exact numbers but it was clearly many more animals than most families would want. Or could possibly house.