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CCM:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/06/23/MNGRODDH561.DTL



http://www.dogexpert.com/Popular%20Press/Stories/Pitbullfriend.html


--- Quote ---In the last 18 months, 12 of the 18 confirmed dog-related fatalities in the U.S. -- or 67% -- have been caused by the pit bull terrier, a breed that accounts for only 1% of the U.S. dog population.
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--- Quote ---Unfortunately the pit bull, when it attacks, doesn't merely bite man -- or, most horribly, child -- it clamps its powerful jaws down and literally tears its victim apart. ''The injuries these dogs inflict are more serious than other breeds because they go for the deep musculature and don't release; they hold and shake,'' says Sheryl Blair of the Tufts Veterinary School, in North Grafton, Mass., which last year held a symposium entitled Animal Agression: Dog Bites and the Pit Bull Terrier. ''Most breeds do not multiple-bite,'' says Kurt Lapham, a field investigator for the West Coast Regional office of the Humane Society. ''A pit bull attack is like a shark attack: He keeps coming back.''  ''A  pit bull,'' says Judge Victor E. Bianchini of San Diego, '' is the closest thing to a wild animal there is in a domesticated dog."
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--- Quote --- ''A  pit bull,'' says Judge Victor E. Bianchini of San Diego, '' is the closest thing to a wild animal there is in a domesticated dog."
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patrickl:

--- Quote from: tommy on January 14, 2008, 10:19:01 pm ---
--- Quote from: patrickl on January 14, 2008, 10:06:01 pm ---
Why is it that only people who own pits and rottweilers mistreat their dogs so badly that just about only those types of dogs go about killing and maiming people?


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The dogs are big, yes, a bad poodle owner's dog is not going to have to worry about his dog doing a lot of damage, yes. A bad pit owner has more to worry about, yes, the bigger they are the harder they fall.
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Exactly, because pit bulls are more dangerous than other types of dogs. Finally we're getting somewhere.

So you understand these dogs are more dangerous than others. Now, why should the public be subjected to this extra danger? Is there any special need that we have for these dogs? Like with a car when we take the risk because we need to move. Somehow I miss the reason why hundreds of people need to die for some peoples desire to keep an overly dangerous dog.

Singapura:
The quote of today is:

The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people.
  - GK Chesterton

mpm32:
Perhaps pits should not be banned but regulated like owning a big cat or other exotics.  People would still own them illegally but at least there would be some control.

shardian:
Thanks for providing a link Tommy. That was a decent little report. Oh, and it also provided a pretty good picture of the shot dog.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0793801907/ref=sib_dp_pt/102-7657329-6436103#reader-link

A slightly different color scheme, a slighty wider head and there the beast sits. And on the cover of a PIT BULL book of all places. I should buy a copy and leave it with the owner. ;)

And please Tommy, stop comparing a living, thinking, instinctive creature with an inanimate object that can only inflict damage when physically loaded, aimed, and fired.

I'll also ask you again, why don't YOU champion an effort to create legislation to regulate the ownership of vicious breeds? If you are sick and tired of being thought of as a bad owner even though you take all the precautions on your own that would be required in laws, why not try to create legislation such as:

Certified breeding papers
Certified dog training
leash laws
Muzzles in public
full containment

AND allow police officers to ENFORCE these laws with fines, EMPOWER animal control to take the dogs, and possibly JAIL for repeat offenders. The lure of Pit Bulls wouldn't be so great to the "bad owners" then now would it? Only TRUE Pit Bull lovers like yourself would be left to own them, and you could then more justifiably defend the breed and restore its reputation.

The REASON lawmakers just cut to the chase and ban these dogs is
A. because "good" owners refuse to acknowledge they are outnumbered by "bad owners'
B. "good owners" refuse to believe their dogs are dangerous if the dog gets loose.
C. "good owners" just ---smurfette--- and moan instead of supporting stricter guidelines for large dog ownership
D. Enforcement of ANY of the laws would require a law officer to be present when the dog committed a violent act. (This is the deal breaker).

So, lawmakers are forced to go the quick and dirty route because high horse individuals as yourself don't offer any support to the better route.

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