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From: sbishop@desire.wright.edu
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Re: The Pit Bull Terrier - Cerberuses little brother
Message-ID: <414.265cf9a5@desire.wright.edu>
Date: 25 May 90 14:23:49 GMT
References: <1990May23.075629.29033@mathrt0.math.chalmers.se> <1407@marlin.NOSC.MIL> 
  <56557@bbn.BBN.COM> <1990May24.123135.12655@newcastle.ac.uk>
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In article <1990May24.123135.12655@newcastle.ac.uk>, M.J.Prince@newcastle.ac.uk (M.J. Prince) writes:
> In article <56557@bbn.BBN.COM> cosell@bbn.com (Bernie Cosell) writes:
>>bwalker@marlin.NOSC.MIL (Beth Walker) writes:
>>
>>
>>the contention is, (and I've been convinced that it is true) is that THAT
>>tendency to violence was, in fact, bred into the breeds.
>>
>>  /Bernie\
> 
> You're so wrong, Bernie. Our Pit bull is a very gentle and friendly dog to be
> around. We have treat him well and he has yet to show any signs of viciousness.
> 
> Do you own a Pit-Bull ?
> 
> Yours ...
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> $      MARK 'The Captain' PRINCE       $   Romeo says :                        $
> $      M.J.Prince@newcastle.ac.uk      $   "You and Me Babe, How about it ?"   $
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Well, when you live near a town where a pair of pit bulls literally ripped the
meat off a man while horrified people tried to beat them off, you get some what
disinclined to tolerate them.  BTW, the man died of massive trauma.  The pit
bull is known for being tenacious and difficult to distract once it has
attacked.  We have had SEVERAL dog attacks in our area in the last two or three
years and all of them have been pit bull type dogs.  For some reason, they tend
to be owned by lower class men who use them as protection for illegal
activities or some kind of macho sexual reinforcement.  When I see a man
strutting down the street with a pit bull on a two inch wide leash and the dog
is wearing on of those collars with the inch long spikes on it, I cross to the
other side!
There are other breeds of dogs that make good companions.  Yes, the Rott and
some of the other breeds were originally used for fighting.  HOWEVER, it is the
pit bulls in this country that are used for illegal dog fighting.  I haven't
heard of any strong tendency to use any other breeds for this.
Does anyone else remember that video on the news awhile back where the news
crew happened to be along when animal control officers went to pick up a pit
bull accused of biting someone?  The owner sicked the dog on the animal control
officers and a woman officer was bitten badly while the rest of the crew tried
to beat the dog off.  It was in California some where.  
What was ever done to the owner?  It was on tape that she deliberately told the
dog to attack.