The Pit Bull was once the preferred family dog, loyal, loving and protective. So what happened? The breed didn't just suddenly mutate on it's own. The one and only cause for the change in these animals has been man. No not man in general, just the sick SOB's that fight dogs or the drug dealing Rap Crapsters that think it makes them a man to have a damaged animal so vicious they are unsafe in any environment.
I'm not going to defend the damaged animals, just like Dobies, Rotties, German Shepherds and others before them the damaged lines need to be eliminated...........not the entire breed.
I myself would not take an animal any more if I didn't have knowledge of it's lines, and I have adopted/rescued all of my dogs for almost fifty years. My daughter has a Pit Bull and he is the most timid and loving dog. But we it's lines, it comes from Pits that have been in her In Laws families for decades. One thing though, it'll be flowers to the funeral of anyone that attacks my daughter or grandson, and not so oddly that brings a smile to my face.
If one wanted to do a pit rescue, they’d be wise to make it a strictly outdoor, rural, escape proof operation.