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Pit bull is an umbrella term for several types of dog believed to have descended from bull and terriers.In the United States, the term is usually considered to include the American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, American Bully, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, and sometimes the American Bulldog, along with any crossbred dog that shares certain physical characteristics with these ...
Animal Services is even encouraging local businesses to consider taking in a pit bull. The dogs could serve as an “office pet” during the day while standing guard at night, Trice said.
The two pit bull mixes pictured were described in a court document by the owner as “too mean and aggressive” to ever be let out of their kennels. Dec. 5, 2023
Pit bull–type dog wearing a muzzle. In law, breed-specific legislation (BSL) is a type of law that prohibits or restricts particular breeds or types of dog. [1] Such laws range from outright bans on the possession of these dogs, to restrictions and conditions on ownership, and often establishes a legal presumption that such dogs are dangerous or vicious to prevent dog attacks.
A 2018 Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center literature review covering fifteen years of dog bites treated at the Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, and the University of Virginia Health System, with meta-analysis by breed, found that dog bites were most likely to come from the following breeds (in order of highest incidents): pit bull, mixed breed, German Shepherd ...
A Georgia man who ran an underground dogfighting ring with over 100 malnourished pit bull dogs has been handed a 475-year jail sentence.. Vincent Lemark Burrell, 57, was given the weighty sentence ...
Pat Miller wrote in Beware of the Dog: Positive Solutions for Aggressive Behavior in Dogs in 2017: "[Rage syndrome] captured the imagination of the dog world, and soon every dog with episodes of sudden, explosive aggression was tagged with the unfortunate "rage syndrome" label, especially if it was a Spaniel of any type."
So-called Section 1 dogs are banned in the UK under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, and also include the American pit bull terrier, Japanese tosa, dogo Argentino, and fila brasileiro.