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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not wasting my time watching a video.  All I know is that every time I read of a dog killing a child, it is a fighting breed of dog.  That is enough evidence for me.[/quote]

I think you are scared it will change your mind if you actually educate yourself! Give it 5 minutes, tell me what you think. You have time to write on this board, you have time for a video, unless you are scared of the truth...

Btw, talk to any reporter for a newspaper or news station and see how their organization handles news of a dog attack. "What kind of breed did it?" "Oh, not a pit bull, we aren't interested." Also, rarely do the writers perform actual research. One obvious question they could investigate: Was the dog actually a Pit Bull? It's impossible to determine breed by appearance alone. And given that the CDC non-fatal bite statistics come from counting newspaper reports of attacks claiming it was a "pit-bull type" dog, there are bound to be gross inaccuracies.

No DNA tests were ever done, which are required to determine breed.

This is highly related to the reason why breed specific legislation doesn't work.  And it never will.  Even the CDC agrees:

“Breed-specific legislation does not address the fact that a dog of any breed can become dangerous when bred or trained to be aggressive. From a scientific point of view, we are unaware of any formal evaluation of the effectiveness of breed-specific legislation in preventing fatal or nonfatal dog bites. An alternative to breed-specific legislation is to regulate individual dogs and owners on the basis of their behavior” (JAVMA, Vol 217, No. 6, September 15, 2000 Vet Med Today: Special Report 839-840).

For these reasons, and many others, both the CDC and the American Veterinary Medical Association do not recommend discriminating based on breed.

The frenzy against Pit Bulls is nothing but blind fear fueled by the human need to find a scapegoat. There is not a single shred of proof that the American Pit Bull Terrier is a vicious, dangerous breed.

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