Essay On Why Dogs Should Not Be Executed

Although these dogs are stereotyped as being "dangerous", bite statistics, when accurately reported, do not back up those claims. The first thing is to find out which dogs are doing the biting. Dundee Hospital in the UK conducted a study designed to analyze bite reports and medical attention required by bite victims over a three month period before and after the implementation of a breed ban specifically targeting pit bulls. The results indicated no change in the number of bites reported. Banning pit bulls did nothing to change the amount of dog bites.

The main reason pit bulls attack is because they are mentally unstable, a mixed breed and show overbearing traits, or because they are mistreated by their owners. The public must understand that the three “pit bull breeds were bred for dog fighting and bear and bull-baiting” (PBRC). On the other hand, they were also kept as “nanny dogs” and used for herding cattle. “Pit bulls are ideal for therapy work because of their pleasant nature” (PBRC). These are three of the most stable breeds known to man. They have a very high temperament test score, 86% as of 2010, a lot higher than most breeds. “The American Pit Bull Terrier is one of the top 5 most stable breeds in the country” (PBRC). Anyone can see that this is an excellent breed of dog. There are a few things that people should know though. “Pit bulls have a lower Tolerance to dogs, but with any breed, a dog’s tolerance changes as they mature” (PBRC). “Maturity can come late with pit bull breeds” (Villalobos Rescue Center). The reason for this low tolerance is because of their history of dog fighting. It has been bred into them to have the will to fight. Pit bulls usually do not start a fight most of the time, but they will not back down or give up. Due to this, owners must be cautious and attentive.

So, now you have an arsenal of the most important tools to keep your dog from becoming aggressive and attacking other people and other dogs. Getting attacked by a dog is a really scary event because their bites can cause serious injuries or death. It is important to always protect yourself by carrying a dog repellent spray on your keychain for when an unexpected event happens.

Pit Bulls are among the top percentage of dog bites across the nation, but it partly due to the misrepresentation. Most handlers just see a similarity to a Pit Bull’s physical appearance and then the dog is classified as such. The media always misrepresents and wrongly accuses Pit Bulls, they are always quick to name the pit bull breed as the attacking dog. The government also does the same thing if a dog has similarities to a Pit Bull, then it is automatically classified as a Pit Bull even if it’s not correct. They don’t care about

I think that the people that you shouldn’t train the animals should be put down because, their the one training the dog to be mean to people that they don’t know.

Pit bulls are a breed that are very misunderstood. We use illegal Pit Bull fighting as organized crime which leads people to think that they are vicious animals, but they are not. Though this breed may be aggressive, they can bring good companionship. Pit Bulls dogs have long been popular family pets, noted for their gentleness, affection and loyalty. “This breed have been characterized by certain physical and behavioral traits.” (Statement on Pit Bulls). Pit bulls have been known to attack people, but it was the owner who has trained them to be like that. As you can see these are some of the effects of Pit Bulls.

Pit bulls are put through abuse like innocent people get shot for no reason. The abuse of Pit bulls is so bad little children day after day are attacked because of people who abuse them. Pit bulls tend to be the best fighting dog, because of its strength, high pain tolerance, and desire to please it’s owner. The owners of these dogs happen to abuse,torture, and even use them as bait if they're not good fighters. Examples like they're not strong enough or not aggressive, and especially if they won’t kill the other dog. Dog fighting also happens to be a felony in 43 states in the U.S and a misdemeanor in 7 states. Which makes it illegal in all 50

When you think of dog attacks what is the first breed you think about? If I were to take a guess I would say that it is probably a pit bull. The media is not bad but it is hooked on only sharing the most negative and most popular topics and exploiting them and has guided you to believe that pit bulls are the most dangerous breed of dog. It is true that the pit bull is bred to be a very powerful dog, so that makes it easy for the media to target this dog to add attention to the pit bull. Pit bulls are just a type of breed and like all the other dog breeds they are bred and raised to do what they are needed to do. Even though they are seen as the only dog that attacks people and other dogs, it is not the only dog breed that has attacked people there is a lot of good history not known about the pit bull. I will be writing about pit bulls, the issues, the good, and how we maybe able to fix the stained name of the pit bull.

These dogs do not deserve the treatment the are being given. In 1996 the odds of dying in a dog attack was one in 11,534,087 (Delise 100). The latest statics of dying in a dog attack was in 2005 and it was one in 147,717 (Britt). The only reason the odds are up is the increase in population. Another reason is the amount of damage that happens, Dr. Sandi Sawchuk said “...If someone did the same research on Chihuahuas, they would probably find that there are more bites, but they’re less reported due to insignificant damage” (Pisani). Dr. James Serpell and friends did that exact test and found that smaller dogs tend to show more aggression towards humans. Ninety-three percent of Pit Bulls are being euthanized before even being put up for adoption,

No dog is going to come up to you and bite you without them being trained to, or having bad experience with a human. According to another article from the ASPCA called “Rising From the Pit” it says about around 40% of pitbulls get euthanized a year, and adopted around 15%-20% each year. Therefore we need to step up and stop making pitbulls viewed this

Pit bulls are not the only breed that bites. This means that any other breed of dog can potentially bite or act violent. You may have seen the statistics for dog bites but many of those charts are unfair and none of them are accurate. It is not possible to calculate a bite rate for a breed [because] mixed breeds are commonly described as purebreds [and] the actual number of bites that occur in a community is not known if they did not result in serious injury. (American Veterinary Medical Association, 1733) Some dog breeds are more patient that others and every dog has a different personality just like people do. Dogs aren’t able to express their feelings using words so if someone like a child or an adult is bothering them, they can only tolerate so much until they snap at you. Any dog would do this if being pushed too much but pit bulls are at a disadvantage because they are much bigger and built stronger so when they attack

Across the nation, media outlines will read, “Pit bull mauling”, used to scare people into enacting legislation to discriminate against the breed. Mr. Banister has been quoted in the Toledo Blade and the Crescent News stating that its not so much about how often they bite, but when pit bulls bite, its more much more severe. He shared a poorly structured “study” of severity of pit bull bites with you. In “Mortality, mauling, and maiming by vicious dogs”, they treated 228 patients. Of those 228, only 82 identified the breed of dog involved. Of those that reported a breed, only 29 were bit by pit bulls. They found that compared with attacks of other identified breeds of dogs, attacks by pit bulls were more severe. There are problems with this study:

More evidence includes looking at data surrounding vicious dog bites reported in the United States between 1970 and the mid 1990’s. Results show that out of 20 fatal dog attacks in 1981-1982, only 5 were by pitbulls. The other breeds included German Shepherds, Huskies, Great Danes, Dobermans, Chow Chows, and others. Between 1995 and 1996, fatal attacks were caused by similar breeds, with about 30% from Rottweilers (Gladwell, 2006).

If we banned every breed that ever bit or did something wrong there would not be any dogs left because dogs of every breed will bite if provoked. It may not be fatal, but they still will bite depending on the situation. In Montreal they placed “a law that would prevent residents from adopting or buying pit bulls and would have required anyone who already owns one of the dogs to register the animal (Hauser 1)”. According to an article in The New York Times this was because a woman was fatally mauled by a dog in June. This woman was 55 years old and was bitten and killed, the police officer said that a neighbor found the woman dead in a backyard. The dog was shot and killed because the police said that the dog was too aggressive for the officers to approach. The police also said that “he did not know the breed of the dog (Hauser 2)”. It says that “The bylaw requires owners to pay higher fees for the animal than for non-pitbull types (Hauser 1)”. Owners will also have to go through a criminal background check and the dog must keep a muzzle on outside even when they are inside fenced in yards. They suspended this law at a later date because the judge (Louis Gouin) “considered a request from the Montreal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to throw them out (Hauser 2)”. Pit bulls are the most targeted breed in the nation because of their blocky heads and square jaws and because of their reputation in pop culture. They have been portrayed as overly aggressive towards humans or as natural-born fighters and guard dogs. Videos on the internet do not help their case and neither does making them dogfight which just increases their aggressiveness towards people and other dogs. Other factors like insurance company rules do not help either because good dogs end up in terrible situations or they end up getting banned because one dog of the same breed made a

With the horrific thought of dogs being trained to fight and kill,the two top agencies, the ASPCA and the Humane Society, are doing what the can to try to make society aware of the cruelty of dog fighting. There are also the local law enforcement agencies that are doing everything that they can to stop this cruelty to animals by arresting the people that they can catch illegally fighting dogs. To do away with street dog