Quote Originally Posted by darkangel
As someone who has had 2 very wonderful pit bulls as pets, I'm sorry, I'm just not buying it. I'm not going to deny your statistics but I am going to say I'd like to know the background of these particular animals that attacked.

I feel the pit bull issue is more of an ownership problem than a breed-specific problem.
I went ahead and split the thread as it was veering off-topic. Anyway, I feel that the issue is both an ownership and species problem. Pits were bred to fight, but that doesn't necessarily mean that all of them are aggressive. However, it is still an instict that they have. Many dogs were bred for specific instincts: retrieving, following scents, chasing rabbits, etc. Pits were bred to have a low pain threshold and to fight which is probably why the attack and death statistics are so high for them and Rottweilers.

Going back to the last topic, I would feel much more comfortable if one of my neighbors were breeding snakes in a room than if they had a couple of loose pits running around... or any large dog for that matter.