Ban Pit Bulls

I went looking for pit bulls for sale to get a little information about what specific breeders were claiming about their dogs, and couldn’t believe what huge business pit bulls are. I found some really incredible prices for pit bulls, which actually made me wonder where people would get the kind of money they are asking for a dog. I truly could not believe the first site I saw that was asking between 8 and 10 thousand for a dog. I love dogs and think that the amount of love they give to a person is priceless, but 10 grand for a dog seemed insane to me. Pit bulls are far more popular than I ever thought they were if people are willing to lay out that kind of dough for them. The dogs that were demanding the highest prices were male blue pit bulls. I guess the need for a good stud dog comes at a very high price.

It also made me realize that these dogs were not bred for fighting. Maybe their offspring will be destined for the pit but at these prices I am sure that these dogs will be well coddled and taken care of. I also realized through my search that pit bulls are advertised with a distinct type of site. These pit bull breeders are deliberately marketing these dogs as tough and with characteristics that only a person who is looking for an intimidating dog would be inspired by. The blue pit bulls that I saw for sale were all marketed as being very large and with the dimensions of their heads being very important. I guess I am not sure what that does for the pit bull except maybe it would keep the other dogs from being able to bite their giant heads off. And I have to assume that the larger the dog is the more weight it has to push a smaller dog around.

If there is any question about how pit bulls are marketed then just do a little research into pit bulls for sale and you may be just as surprised as I was to find out how valuable pits bulls really are. Trying to ban pit bulls may be an uphill battle against an industry with potentially deep pockets.

A 42 year old woman was killed recently by her 2 family pets.  Both pit bull terriers that had never shown tendencies of being aggressive.  Isn’t this always the story when you hear about another senseless death involving a pit bull?  The pit bulls that rip a child’s face to pieces or just seem to attack someone for no reason always do so for the very first time when it becomes news.  This most recent story is being reported out of Middleburg Florida, after a 21 year old comes out of the shower to find his mother laying in the back yard covered in blood and calls 911.  During the 911 tape you can hear the boy going out back and trying to get the dogs away from his mother when the dogs turn on him and the connection to 911 is lost.  Eventually deputies show up and kill both of the dogs, but unfortunately it is too late for Tina Marie Canterbury.  Another death at the jaws of a killing machine.

Right now everyone is up in arms about the cruelty that Michael Vick imposed on some of his pit bulls, so I won’t go into why I think he was doing the world a favor by killing those animals so as not to offend anyone.  I do understand that what Michael Vick was doing was cruel and illegal, but not any crueler than what is done legally to animals in this country every day.  My concern right now is what we as a nation can do to rid ourselves of these killing machines.  Anyone who thinks that a pit bull would make a nice family pet is kidding themselves; these animals need to be barred from existence.  We pass laws that make it illegal to spit on a sidewalk, so surely we can pass a law that makes it illegal to own, posses or otherwise harbor a vicious killing machine.

This website will be my mission to uncover all of the stories I can find about pit bulls either killing and viciously attacking a person and report them all here.  Further I am making it my goal to eventually get all pit bulls outlawed in the United States.  I am quite positive that with enough support we can make this a very plausible goal.  I am a dog lover, but I am truly sickened by the wanton carelessness of pit bull owners, and by the breed itself.  Something needs to be done to cure this ill and this is where I will start.  Feel free to leave any comments you wish, I am sure that there are many people who will take offense to having pit bulls outlawed and you can feel free to leave your comments also just please be respectful while doing so.