Salon.com > ATTS http://www.salon.com Sat, 25 May 2013 12:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 In defense of the pit bull http://www.salon.com/2013/02/05/in_defense_of_the_pitbull_partner/ http://www.salon.com/2013/02/05/in_defense_of_the_pitbull_partner/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2013 19:35:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13191649 AlterNet For most of the 114 years since the American pit bull terrier was first recognized by the United Kennel Club, the breed was rightly seen as the perfect “nanny dog” for children because of its friendly nature, loyalty and stability. As the ASPCA notes, the pit bulls were “once considered especially non-aggressive to people.”

Today, as any owner of a “pit bull-type” dog* can attest, parents often recoil in horror when they spot one of these animals, pulling their children close as if to protect them from a marauding werewolf. Fanciful myths about the breed abound, and some public officials have compared their bites to those of sharks and tigers.

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