Montreal's PITBULL Ban

[Macfan4life]

I am a dog lover and as I type this my rescue "Chester" is at my feet. He was dumped off at a kill shelter and since he is so big and black, no one wanted him. He was on death row until he was rescued by an angel and I adopted him from her. He is a gentle giant.
I support the Pit Bull ban and I will explain why. The breed was not aggressive when it was first created. About a hundred years ago someone wanted to add life and playfulness to a bull dog. They crossed it with a terrier and you had a very strong but playful breed. They were not aggressive or known for biting or attacks. Its what happened over the past half century that changed the breed. The breed started to get bred to be aggressive and fighting dogs. The last quarter century things have even gotten worse. The popularity of the breed made people breeding the dog faster and faster. It was a status symbol of a "bad ass." Because of the fast breeding of aggressive dogs has put this into the DNA of many of the dogs.
Now to the bites:
A pit bites different than other dogs. All other aggressive breeds bite and release. A pit never releases after biting and keeps attacking until its prey is killed (even human). This is why almost all human deaths from dog attacks are from pit bulls.
A friend of mine told me a story of a neighbor who had a pit bull on a chain. Even though the dog was chained, the dog would kill other dogs or cats in the neighborhood. Once his dad heard a dog yelping and the pit had another neighbor's dog in its mouth. His dad went over with a shovel and began hitting the dog over the head with the shovel to try to rescue the other dog. No matter how the pit was hit, the dog would not release his bite and the other dog died.
Sadly its because of man that ruined this breed. Yes of course there are many gentle pits that don't bite. But its because of their history that I don't trust them. You can imagine the amount of deaths in cities because of this breed led to these bans. Its because of this that I support these bans. Too many people have ruined this breed which is really unfortunate.