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In reply to the discussion: Pitbulls Used to Be Considered the Perfect "Nanny Dogs" for Children -- [View all]OwnedByCats
(805 posts)I do recognize that not everyone who owns one is a killer. If that were the case, with 300 million guns in this country, there would be hardly anyone left. Just the ones that shoot the fastest. Not all gun owners are irresponsible or crazy bastards who will blow away 20 1st graders.
If ALL pitbulls were killers, again, you'd be hearing of hundreds of people a day killed by pit bulls. Unfortunately, just as with any other things that can kill people, some have died from pit bulls. But some have died from German Shepherds, Rottweilers, Dobermans, and many many other breeds, even some you would never expect to kill or hurt someone.
Animals do attack. Some do it by nature, some do who feel threatened, and yes sometimes domestic pets can attack, especially some who have been mistreated or trained to be aggressive. These are animals. Animals and humans don't understand each other the way we understand each other. It's terribly unfortunate. However this is in the minority.
You know what stories I hear about the most when it comes to pit bulls and people, just in my area alone? Every once in a while, a pit bull hurts or kills someone, or a pit bull attacks another pet. But almost every day I hear about pit bulls being abused, killed in violent ways, starved to death or just dropped off and abandoned. One dragged a pit bull down the highway with their truck, pit bull was attached by a chain. I'm not gong to go into details on how disgusted this story made me for the sensitive at heart here, but let's just say it didn't end happily for this dog. And of course it's not just pit bulls. It's scores of different dogs, cats, horses etc being treated in the most disgusting way. It's infuriating to me. People do far more harm to animals than animals to do people.
As long as we have scum bags who abuse animals, train them to fight and many other God awful things, we're going to have this problem. Lay the blame where it belongs - the HUMANS