> It's criminal activity all the way down, to put it bluntly. Illegal backyard breeders, illegal purchases, illegal actions. There's already financial disincent

> It's criminal activity all the way down, to put it bluntly. Illegal backyard breeders, illegal purchases, illegal actions. There's already financial disincentive there, and yet they persist. This is outright false on almost all counts. - Only 30 states have licensing requirements on breeding dogs. Most of those set thresholds for getting licenses, usually 5-10 dogs (often just females). - It's not illegal to buy a pitbull. I searched pretty hard and I can't find any regulation in the US that says that anyone can't buy a pitbull. So no, there's not disincentive. There's no disincentive at all for anyone.