Early October 3 an 11-month old baby died after being mauled by the family’s pit bull mix. The newborn was drug from its crib and suffered fatal bite injuries that resulted in her death. The pit bull was immediately euthanized, but the effect of the baby’s death will forever disturb the life of single mom, Monique Hernandez. The mauling adds yet another statistic to the number of people killed by these animals each year. Since 2005 pit bulls have been the cause of death for over 88 people in the United States. This is equivalent to an American citizen being killed every 22 days by this over-aggressive breed. Historically, pit bulls were bred in order to display dominance and aggression towards other dogs. Pit bulls characteristics, including powerful jaw-strength, fatal bite style and high tolerance for pain, make it an all around dangerous breed.
Breeding pit bulls should be outlawed for the safety of all citizens.
Throughout history, pit bulls have been bred and raised for the purpose of fighting and being overly aggressive. As a result, the dogs often display extreme aggression and outrage. Mauling, attacking and physical assault is often an effect of this breed’s history. With such a violent past, these dogs are bound to cause harm. Pit bulls are no more suitable as a pet than a wild coyote would be.
Whether the dog has been a “family pet” for years, or has been trained to fight, the dogs’ actions cannot be predicted. Pit bulls have been known to have random, unexpected behavior, resulting in unpredicted, surprising attacks. Everyone is in danger when a pit bull is present, whether that be a passerby on the street, an animal control worker, or in the most recent case, an innocent baby napping in its crib. By taking this breed out of society, people would become more safe and secure.
Eliminating this dangerous breed would lessen the number of deaths per year. Why would citizens continue to allow something so harmful and threatening remain among us? We should not keep these monsters in our homes, on the streets or anywhere near human beings. Pit bulls take the lives of too many, yet continue to be bred and kept in homes across the United States.
As the top most dangerous dog breed known to man, pit bulls should be outlawed. These dogs astonishing behavior and aggressive nature causes harm to innocent humans. Banning the breed would make communities as a whole safer.
Matthew Bowles • May 19, 2020 at 9:38 pm
Pit bulls are very unpredictable dogs. I dont care how much love you show it ,they’re genetically bred like that ti be aggressive, I know people that have them treat the dogs very good as part of the family, but sometimes the dog will get a violent streak in it ,they should banned the breed of pitbull’s there unpredictable dogs like having multiple personalities.
Gottlieb • Nov 3, 2011 at 8:59 pm
Reading this article makes me think that if 1 person wants to shoot at me everyone wants to shoot at me so you all should be put in jail. The one thing I will state is than no one should allow a dog unsupervised access to a child ever no matter the breed or size of the dog.
Trevor • Oct 30, 2011 at 12:12 am
Owning any breed of dog at any size requires some sense of care. And since dogs grow up with a personality reflecting how their owner treats them, the real monsters are the people who taught them aggression if you want to go so far as to use that term. Heck, if you’re going to go by this, rottweilers, bull mastiffs, German shepherds and Doberman pinschers should be outlawed, too.
Ashley • Oct 25, 2011 at 5:03 pm
This is absolutely ridiculous. Any dog has the ability to harm a human. Pit bulls are an amazing breed that are just extremely misunderstood. Notice how it said pit bull MIX? Grrrrr this is so frustrating how they get so much bad publicity.
megan moore • Oct 10, 2011 at 5:55 pm
I agree with Helen. Not all pitt bulls are agressive. It all depends on the owner really. If you raise them agressively then they’re going to act aggressively. If you raise them with care or affection then they’re more likely to be nice. Pitt bulls however should not be bought full grown because you never know when they’re going to be mean or nice, but I can’t agree with saying that all pit bulls are bad because they aren’t.
Helen Covert • Oct 10, 2011 at 1:44 pm
I disagree because the way pitbulls react is because of the way their owner treats them, not because of their breed backround. All animals have different personalities just like people do.
samantha • Oct 10, 2011 at 1:36 pm
Wow! People should really at least put the dog outside, close the baby away from others while sleeping, or maybe even stay around the baby as much as possible. I just find this crazy.