A little girl is mauled by a pit bull on the northeastside and the media duly reports the circumstances and injuries. But what is the rest of the story? Pit bull dog attacks comprised <5% of all dogbites 20 years ago-why the increase? Pit bulls and pit mixes now account for 30-40% of all animals surrended to Animal Care & Control and are largely unadoptable. The deeper problem is the systematic breeding of pit bulls. The pit bull subculture prizes owning a tough fighting dog-witness rap and hip hop videos. Unwanted pit bulls from breeder's large litters are sold off or just dumped in the community. Move to ACT calls for city government to form a dangerous dog task force to eliminate breeders, stop dog fighting and pursue large scale low cost community based spay neuter. Comments?
May 27, 2007May 27, 2007