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They are banned in Ontario, Canada for a good reason and banned in UK for the same reasons. The only time my dog was ever randomly attacked was a pitbull and y
by dmix 7mo ago
They are banned in Ontario, Canada for a good reason and banned in UK for the same reasons.
The only time my dog was ever randomly attacked was a pitbull and you quickly learn talking to other dog owners how common this is. Nothing clears out a dog park like a pit bull showing up.
- macintux 7mo agoI suspect the reasons are (generously) keeping them out of the hands of people who would treat them poorly and perpetuate the stereotypes, or (less generously) ignorance and fear.
- crooked-v 7mo agoThere are plenty of statistical studies out there that pit bulls specifically cause both a significant plurality of dog bites and significantly worse injuries than other dog breeds. For example: https://blog.dogsbite.org/2016/10/table-retrospective-level-1-trauma-dog-bite-studies-2009-2016.html https://blog.dogsbite.org/2016/10/table-retrospective-level-... https://www.dogsbite.org/dog-bite-statistics-studies-level-1-trauma-table-2011-present.php https://www.dogsbite.org/dog-bite-statistics-studies-level-1...
- 47282847 7mo agoCorrelation/causation
- imtringued 7mo agoThe word "pit" in "pit bull" refers specifically to a dog fighting arena where dogs are supposed to aggressively fight each other in a duel, possibly until one of them dies. "pit bull" refers to a dog breed that was optimized for its performance (=more aggressive and dangerous) in the "pit".
- jlarocco 7mo agoHow they're raised makes a big difference, but natural instinct is natural instinct. It's just like how chihuahuas were bred to be small, but pit bulls were bred to fight other dogs.
- aucisson_masque 7mo agoIn France, during many years the biggest bitter by far was the fucking golden retriever. Speak about natural instincts... I answer that some people have zero clue what to do with a dog. I say we put down all these golden retriever too !
- newguy1000 7mo agocomplete lie
- givemeethekeys 7mo agoMaybe Pitbulls are bi-polar more often than other dogs.
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- Rendello 7mo agoThe ban isn't meaningfully enforced in much of the province [1], I see them a lot. I used to live in Ottawa, and their official site directly states "The City of Ottawa does not enforce the provincial ban on pit bulls" [2]. For those (legitimately) interested in a Canadian perspective on breed-specific legislation, there's a documentary by CBC's Fifth Estate on the subject [3]. 1. https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/five-things-to-know-about-ontarios-pit-bull-ban https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/five-things-to-know-abou... 2. https://ottawa.ca/en/living-ottawa/animals-and-pets/dogs/dog-owners-liability-act-plus-pit-bull-ban https://ottawa.ca/en/living-ottawa/animals-and-pets/dogs/dog... 3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFa8HOdegZA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFa8HOdegZA
- dmix 7mo agoYep, that's why my dog still got attacked by one in Toronto. It's poorly enforced. The dog sprinted across an entire field without making a sound and pinned my dog hard by the throat. Ontario also tried to remove the pitbull ban, after the usual "it's owners the owners" protests, but a bunch of attacks happened again so they reinstated it.