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I, too, find the owners weird and pathological and dangerous. They LIKE marching a dog down Main Street who people shy away from. They allow the dogs to stick their heads into baby strollers! 😫 NONE of these owners are ready to control these dogs, because they've bought into the delusion that Precious could never revert to breeding and latch their strong jaws on a child's face.

There are plenty of stats that show pits can be deadly, but for some reason there is no publicity. It's like when Muslims run over a sidewalk of pedestrians, but we're not allowed to speculate as to motive. Rescue shelters are always ready to unload a pit on someone naive who wants to "virtue signal" what a hero he is. They say things like "he'll just lick you to death".

“There are plenty of stats that show pits can be deadly, but for some reason there is no publicity.”
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There is more publicity now.

When I began asking friends and family about these dogs, I found a large number of them had been attacked, knew someone who had, or had had a pet injured or killed by one. When I hear that it has happened again, I send the injured party (and the dog owner, if I can get an email address) these websites which have the information that they can use to assist in the process of healing or legal issues, or at the very least to let them know that they are not alone:

https://www.nationalpitbullvictimawareness.org/

https://www.nationalpitbullvictimawareness.org/pit-bull-lobby/

https://www.dogsbite.org/

https://www.animals24-7.org/2017/08/08/pit-stop-archive/

Regarding the “no publicity” item you mentioned, I would check the “pit-bull-lobby” item above. You will also find a number of articles regarding this on the “animals24-7” website.