Add Aryson Lee Page & Barbara Brewington to 2025 record pit bull death toll

Animals 24/7 ^ | December 3rd, 2025 | Merritt Clifton

[SisterK]

I love animals also
and pet sit a lot

but am super particular about the dogs I will sit

a lady down the road from me was killed by a pit bull last year
and even prior to that I had experiences that make me not want to engage with the breed

[skepsel]

A breed that should be exterminated.

[ZULU]

All breeds have their pros and cons.

[Norski]

There exists a number of articles on the site; perhaps this list may be of interest; here are two links to articles on the genetic items manifested physically in the pit-bull breed-type.

https://www.animals24-7.org/2019/09/09/dog-brain-study-refutes-every-major-claim-of-pit-bull-advocacy/

excerpt:
“ . . .Dog brain study refutes every major claim of pit bull advocacy
SEPTEMBER 9, 2019 BY MERRITT CLIFTON

(Beth Clifton collage)

Looking at normal dogs’ brains shows how “fighting breed” brains differ
BOSTON, POMONA––There may already be weeping and gnashing of teeth among pit bull advocates, and perhaps significant fundraising underway to trump up rebuttals, too, following the September 2, 2019 Journal of Neuroscience publication of “Significant neuroanatomical variation among domestic dog breeds,” by Harvard University evolutionary neuroscientist Erin Hecht.

Erin Hecht and friends.
(Jon Chase/ Harvard staff photo)

Authors did not go looking for trouble
Hecht and five distinguished co-authors did not set out to pick a fight with organized pit bull advocacy.

In truth, Hecht et al largely side-stepped the pit bull-related implications of their findings in their article and post-publication statements.

Yet Hecht et al demolished the bedrock creed of pit bull advocacy that canine form, function, and behavior are inherently unrelated...” ...