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I wish I could've watched that, but it sounds an awful lot like that video I posted.

Pitbulls are also banned in Winnipeg, where I live, but guess what? People still have them, including me (I would never give my dog away. She's registered as a Rottweiler although she's half Pit Bull too). There aren't that many purebreds, infact I only know one (although I think she's a mix).

But honestly, the ban does no good. Dog-fighters, gangsters, wanna-be gangsters, etc. are still going to buy Pitbulls. Just because they might go to jail for it, that doesn't mean it'll stop them.

I've seen dog fighting before, and not just on youtube.com. I've been to real dog fights, but not because I approve of the so-called "sport", I don't, but my sisters friends boyfriend took me there, since I always tell him to buy me a Pitbull. It's not just "okay, fight now and you'll get a cookie and a belly rub later", it's "win the ***** fight or you'll get killed with an electrical cord attached to your mouth", there's NOTHING good about it. And, as you said, alot of people don't even do it for the money. It's just entertainment, it's all a joke to them, dog-fighting is a sport for people who can't fight for themselves, people who need a dog to make them "tough"..

I don't understand why they keep putting bans on the dogs, why don't they put bans on all dog-fighters? It's not that hard to find them, just look for somebody with 20 or more (or even less) scarred-up pitbulls.

Okay sure, Pitbulls attack people. They attack children. BUT, so does every other dog breed, am I right? Maybe not as much, but if you raise a pitbull from birth, love it, care for it, treat it nicely, then it wont attack you. The only person it would attack is somebody who's trying to harm you (and I know that for a fact, my dad has 4).

But, if you abuse your dog, starve it, yell at it, train it to be mean just so you can look "cool", then you can't blame it if it attacks somebody. There are ALOT of good pitbulls in this world, along with alot of good owners, but why punish the good dogs/people for something the bad people did? I don't understand the government sometimes..

I totally agree with you Outlaw and Second Chance banning wont do any good, only sensible severe punishments for bad owners will.
Bu that's typical humans-ban something just because some people abuse it/them then the good ones suffer, a very long list of these could be written.

Sheba

I see the firearms debate parallels too, but that might just be why BSL is (in my opinion) a terrible thing.

It's wrong to keep Pit Bulls out of the care of competent owners, where they belong. The "bad" owners would be less likely to respect a ban anyway; if they want one, they'll find a way to get one, and continue to treat it poorly which naturally results in the vicious dogs who, through no fault of their own, give a bad name to all the wonderful and sweet pet Pit Bulls out there. So I have to agree with everyone else, going after the animals and not the people is a huge error.

I think that I've already said this but I think that the ban is probably the safest option.

That way, if Pitbulls aren't born in the first place then no one can get hold of them and train them as fighting dogs.. they'd never have to endure such suffering. If you think about, these idiots involved in dog-fighting more or less 'invented' the breed.. they're obviously not willing to give up their 'sport' easily.

I know that there are nice Pitbulls out there but after watching this programme it's clear that a lot of dog-fighting still goes on. These dogs might be gentle towards people (though perhaps not children) but they're not nice to other dogs.

It's the sick people in the world that ruin things for everyone.

That's just how things are.. these days. =|