It's a matter of numbers and severity of attacks.
Pits have a "killer" trait in their lineage. There are few other dogs, save the Presa Canario, with such powerful jaws that they can kill with one bite.
If you want to save this breed, you better get busy. Nobody buys the "they're great dogs; they've just got bad owners" defense, when so many of the "good" dogs go off too. More and more communities are going to outlaw these beasts.
Holy crap! Another beserking Pit Bull shot by police...Busy week for the cops shooting Pit Bulls.
Police Shoots Pit Bull After It Attacks 11-year-old Boy
Posted: April 1, 2006 11:51 PM EST
http://www.kten.com/Global/story.asp?S=4713574
Whatever happened to the days when a dog that hopped a fence just went sniffin around, peeing on hydrants and maybe knocked over a trash can or two? These things just go right for neigbors or their animals. It's crazy I tell ya.
Pit Bull Debate Heats Up In Sulphur
We have all heard about the many serious and sometimes even deadly pit bull dog attacks that take place every year across the country. Just last week a young boy in Sulphur was attacked by one of the dogs. The young boy is recovering in the hospital, but the attack prompted the Sulphur City Council to consider banning the dog breed from the city altogether. The proposal sparked a huge debate at Monday night's Sulphur City Council meeting, leaving many people on opposite sides of the fence. Is it the breed of dog itself, or the owner that gives pit bulls a bad name?One Sulphur man who owns a pit bull said, "They are not just pets. They are not just something I can through away. If y'all ban pit bulls I have to leave this city that I have lived in my whole life." Be that as it may, some folks in Sulphur want to see pit bulls a thing of the past, especially people like Charles King. King's grandson was attacked by a pit bull last week. King said, "From one dog bite to the face from an American pit bull, one bite, over 100 stitches. One bite."
Pit bull advocates say not so fast when it comes to generalizing the breed. A number of pit bull owners at Monday night's Sulphur City Council meeting argued that the public perception of the breed has been falsely portrayed by the media. One pit bull owner said, "The problem we have here is that we have certain people out there that are giving the breed a bad name." That is a point that city council members considered, they also listened to other points. Some Sulphur residents even augured that a pit bull ban would punish innocent tax paying citizens.
At the end of the night, city leaders decided a pit bull ban in Sulphur was not the right direction to go. Sulphur City Council members are now vowing to work with those that love the breed and those that want them banned. They hope to reach some kind of middle ground that will keep the public safe, while still giving pit bull lovers the right to keep their dogs.