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I 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)
by macintux 7mo ago
I 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.