Pit Bulls are a menace and far more violent than other breeds.
Yes. I wish it were not so, but this is true. If you had an interest in learning more, you may wish to input “pit bull” in to the FR search line to see many, many article links to pit bull attacks, maulings, and deaths. In addition, there are links to a very large amount of information on same.
I had not planned to post today, but because of a death, I have. Norski
Any owner of a pit bull should face criminal penalties if their dog kills or maims. . regardless of the circumstances.
] Pit Bulls are a menace and far more violent than other breeds. ]
Pit bulls remind me of “tamed wolves” they can be sweet but those high levels of cortisol in their system can make them SNAP at ANY time for ANY reason.
I am okay with pit bulls existing as breed, but they should be tested for cortisol levels and those with high levels should be neutered/spayed and only the ones with lower levels of cortisol allowed to reproduce. it would fix the problem in a few generations.
Info about cortisol levels and domestication:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesticated_red_fox
Results
Russian scientists achieved a population of domesticated foxes that are fundamentally different in temperament and behavior from their wild forebears. Some important changes in physiology and morphology became visible, such as mottled or spotted colored fur. Some scientists[citation needed] believe that these changes obtaining from selection for tameness are caused by lower adrenaline production in the new population, causing physiological changes within relatively few generations yielding genetic combinations not present in the original species. This indicates that selection for tameness, e.g. did not flee, produces changes that are related to the emergence of other dog-like traits, e.g. raised tail, coming into heat every six months rather than annually. These seemingly unrelated changes are a result of pleiotropy.[1]p. 5
The project also bred the least-tameable foxes to study social behavior in canids. These foxes avoided human contact as do their wild behavioral phenotypes.[8][3]
Similar research was carried out in Denmark with American mink.[9]