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You are dead wrong, they were not bred to kill, they were bred to fight other dogs. The fact is that any Pit Bull (or variation thereof) that showed aggression towards a human being was immediately put down.

Because a person had to be capable of entering the ring to separate the two dogs, aggression towards human beings was bred out of them.

They are, however both an aggressive breed and a powerful breed with a very high tolerance for pain, which gives them the potential to become very dangerous.

What has happened is that, like many other breeds-Cocker Spaniels, Doberman Pinschers, and any other extremely popular breed-over breeding occurrs leading to (as was stated before) genetic damage.

What was once a reliably stable breed has become more unpredictable. Only in this case, unlike Cocker Spaniels (which are more prone to bite than most breeds), Pit Bulls can quickly inflict great harm or death. Thus ownership of the breed becomes a matter of exercising trememdous responsibility and care.

They were bred to kill other dogs. I should have been more clear. I did not mean to imply they were bred to kill people.

I’m not sure I’d call it genetic damage, but certainly when one breeds only for appearance the working aspects of any breed deteriorates rapidly.

BTW, many of the rather imprecisely defined “pit bulls” of today are indeed bred for - and trained - to be aggressive towards people. Just presumably not their master.