BUMP
Calling all so-called “PitBull” haters...I have popcorn!
I just realized that this is a mobile home park that my husband and I lived in when we first got married, and our home was on the same street. It was a decent park 25 years ago, I haven’t seen it since. Had a nice pool, clubhouse and good management, I can certainly see them banning dangerous dogs.
Is their Crimes Against Adults Unit investigating the attack on the child's aunt? Or do they have a separate Crimes Against Women Unit?
I have to say that it’s been a while since I saw a pit bull thread on Free Republic. Bad things happen sometimes. It’s only when they seem to happen every other day that I start to think there’s an overall problem. Prayers for the victims.
I read the article twice trying to figure out who owned the pit bulls. Was it the aunt, or a neighbor?
“Dogs of peace” ping.
Wow, 17 posts and nobody has yet posted that because a Golden Retriever once bit a kid, that Pit Bulls are no more or less dangerous than any other dog.
I have to say since Texas has had the law on the books about dangerous dogs, the articles about dog attacks have been few and far between compared to earlier years.
Are pit bulls inevitably and irredeemably aggressive toward all small animals (nature)...OR ... do they become aggressive toward smaller animals only as a consequence of being deliberately trained to attack them (nurture)?
I use “inevitably and irredeemably” deliberately because even relatively placid dog and other animal species can have the odd member whose mainspring is wound just a little too tightly. But, if taken as a whole, the species is always aggressive towards small animals, children, etc., then it would be fair to characterize them as a dangerous animal and exclude them from contact (except under extremely controlled conditions) with human society. If the later is the case, that they must be trained to regard the small and helpless as objects to be attacked, then it is criminal behavior on the part of their human owners to trained them (or have them trained) to be this aggressive.
Over the past years, I've seen postings here on FR that seem to fall on one side or the other but this fundamental question gets clouded over in these discussions because of the understandable emotion evoked by these horrific attacks.
Not because my dog is fierce but because if something happens it is too late. Jaws like this are unforgiving.
