I may get a lot of flak about this but I dont care - if ever there was an animal that deserved to be extinct because of its reputation, its the Pit Bull. Far too many people has been harmed by them both intentionally and non-intentionally.
I agree with you. I read a study that reported that pits had been selectively bred to increase the likelihood that they would have a specific type of brain lesion that is otherwise rare among the dog breeds. For example, collies, dalmations, daschunds may have this deformity but it would be rare. But years of intentionally selecting to breed for agression in pits has increased the prevalence of these brain lesions which are thought to be responsible for the remorseless attack machine behavior of pits - it is essentially a bypass to normal behavior. This brain lesion often doesn’t assert itself on pit behavior prior to 18months of age - which is when some people first note unanticipated aggression in their previously cuddly puppy. So buying a pit is a game of Russian roulette that pit owners are willing to play - with other peoples lives or pets. When a pit kills a family member - other pit owners toss that pit owner under the bus labeling him/her ‘inexperienced’ and ‘irresponsible’ even if the owner continues to explain that the dog just ‘went off’ one day. Because the owners are willing to lie and deny and mislead and their breed of choice is responsible for destroying the most lives (survivors face years of reconstructive surgery)- yeah, I think the breed should be banned.