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Neighbors say the dogs were recently removed by animal welfare officers after they escaped and attacked two residents. But they say the dogs were later returned.

What sort of idiots would return dogs to the same situation from which they previously attacked people?

There is something in mature pit bulls that are not fixed

Bingo. It usually hits at about 1.5 to 2 years and the dog is out of control. Add a 20 something male owner and you have a very bad situation. I just had a confrontation with a kid in my dog park who wanted to lecture me about the breed because he was offended that I was removing my dogs from the threat that his presented. In his mind I was obligated to keep my dogs there to "play" with his intact pit, otherwise I was "racist".

One could use these circumstances to argue that the owner drives the behaviour of the dog. But there have been many quite decent folks who have lost control of pits as well as idiots like the one I encountered. When I meet a well mannered pit neutered or not who is 6 to 8 years with a verifiable record of good behavior, I am pretty comfortable with them. If they are younger than that, I do not trust them one little bit.