Letters to the Editor
travestine
Published Letters: 1
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The Punchline is - And it wasn't a Pit Bull!
[Read the article: Pit bulls are innocent]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The point is not that other dogs attack and cause injury - the point is that pit bulls and pit bull crosses attack without provocation and cause catastrophic injury due to their genetic makeup and physical size and strength. A beagle will not kill you - a pit bull will. I found myself softened momentarily by the stories of how sweet these dogs can be with their owners - but then the picture swam before my eyes of a little seven year old girl I knew several years ago, who had half of her face torn to pieces by the pit bull owned by some family friends, on a Christmas afternoon as she sat quietly talking with her mother at the dining room table while the other family's children ran around playing with their dog. She wasn't even looking at the dog when it jumped up and clamped on the side of her face without warning. This happened about 10 years ago and she's still not done with the plastic surgery needed to repair the damage that dog did. Pit bulls are erratic in their temperament and exert more force per square inch in their jaws when they bite than any other breed. This is incontrovertible fact and it makes them too dangerous to be allowed to remain in society - not through any fault of their own, but through the fault of irresponsible human behaviour, for continuing to breed an animal not fit or safe for interaction with humans and other animals.