This is the history of PitBulls..
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Pit bulls were created by breeding bulldogs and terriers together to produce a dog that combined the gameness and agility of the terrier with the strength of the bulldog.[2] In the United Kingdom, these dogs were used in blood sports such as bull-baiting, bear-baiting and cock fighting. These blood sports were officially eliminated in 1835 as Britain began to introduce animal welfare laws. Since dogfights were cheaper to organize and far easier to conceal from the law than bull or bear baits, blood sport proponents turned to pitting their dogs against each other instead.
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They were a dog specifically bred to be aggressive. Yet we hear all the time how nice and great they are because so and so uncles brother owns one and lets their baby ride it like a horse..
The theory is always put out there that the dogs just get a bad rap because of irresponsible owners.. Yet this theory was actually put to the test..
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In an effort to counter the fighting reputation of pit bull-type dogs, in 1996 the San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals renamed pit bull terriers to "St. Francis Terriers", so that people might be more likely to adopt them. 60 temperament-screened dogs were adopted until the program was halted, after several of the newly adopted pit bulls killed cats.
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So even the very best tempered dogs which were put out for adoption were ruthless killers of other animals.
So lets think about this issue with some common sense. Dangerous animal known to attack and kill people does it make a good pet? Well lets look at some other examples..
Mountain Lions, a very dangerous animal in the wild would it make a good pet? Probably not. The last person killed by a mountain lion in the US was in 2008
Alligators.. Yet another dangerous animal and yet another animal which wouldn't make a very good pet. The last person killed in the US by an Alligator was in 2007.
Bears.. Oh unless your name is Grizzly Adams a bear would probably not make a good pet.. In 2014 1 person in the United States was killed by a bear.
In 2015 the only 2 deaths caused by dogs were by pit bulls.
In 2014 21 of the 32 deaths caused by dogs were by Pit Bulls. 2nd place is 3 deaths by Rottweiler. Yet according to Pit Bull supporters the media over sensationalizes it in disproportion to other attacks.. Stats don't lie folks.. Pit Bulls out kill every other dog breed by a staggering number.
Obviously most people with even a small amount of common sense would agree owning a bear, alligator or mountain lion would not be a smart thing to do. Yet for some reason certain "types" of people like to defend owning a pit bulls, which are clearly more deadly than all three of the aforementioned wild animals combined.
Common sense is not very common it seems..