It’s Nature vs. Nurture. If any animal is mistreated long enough it will do what nearly human I’ve ever known will do: FIGHT BACK!! Nearly all (about 20 were put down due to the severity of their injuries) of the 70 PIT BULLS rescued from Michael Vick’s property WERE REHABILITATED and placed in new GOOD HOMES!
How many times do you have to read about “loving family pet” pit bulls with no history of attacking people suddenly turning on someone or some dog? I’ve seen it happen. Of course there are thugs who train pit bulls to bring that out even more, but there are too many cases of “good pit bulls” going berserk. It’s in their nature. Dog breeds have been created by humans for specific purposes by breeding dogs with specific traits with each other. Shepherds were bread to herd animals. Hounds were bread to track. Retrievers were bred to retrieve. Pit bulls were bred to kill. And when they do turn they’re far more deadly than other breeds.