Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

pngbrianb t1_j1nksyg wrote

That's actually not a bad article. It mentions a few of the statistics' caveats, but I'm sure another big one is population. There are just SO many pitbulls for whatever reason. Go to any dog shelter in a city and it's just chock-full of pitbulls.

3

HungarianMoment t1_j1ogal4 wrote

The shelters are full, but they aren't even close to the most popular dog bred.

Behavior gets them in the shelter, and keeps them in there

6

lefluffle t1_j1ssdxa wrote

Exactly this is what people don't want to admit. They want to pretend that the shelters are overrun with pitbulls because people discriminate against them. That's not even close to true. Plenty of potential adopters have become brainwashed by now to believe the pro-Pitbull propoganda. The reason there are so many pits in the shelter is because they keep getting returned due to aggression problems.

3