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Magnum
03-13-2005, 11:46 PM
Why are people still choosing to BREED PIT BULL TERRIERS FROM THEIR BACK YARD?!!!!!!!!! :mad: Holy cripes, are they that selfish and money hungry? Do not tell me they are in it for the love of the breed!!! Do not tell me it is because they are STUPID!!!! They know what is happening to the thousands being euthanized every day. It is broadcasted all over the news, the net, the BYB'er even put disclaimers in their "Contracts" that refer to the issue of PB's and illegal activities. So many cities are banning them and euthanizing them and it is outrageous. Airlines have started to ban them from being flown, any PB's that hit our shelters here get euthanized at an alarming rate. I had a horrible time getting one out of a low-kill shelter and into a no-kill. The laws are stripping away the rights for the PB each and every day! This is so upsetting to me that I am sick of anyone putting an ad anywhere to sell their pups. Of all breeds right now....I wish they would please leave the "Breed Standard" to the utmost, high quality, top notch breeders of PB's. They at least try to sell their PET QUALITY pups to forever homes, or they take the pup back at any age "PERIOD"!!!!! Anyone selling PB's should have to legally put in ONE DAY at a shelter or pound and have to be the one to hold the PB's being euthanized. I gotta stop....this is gonna make me throw up.

JustJo
03-14-2005, 12:10 AM
Oh Magnum...

I know exactly what you are saying. In both my search for Keepher and for Rockie, involving two coasts, the vast majority of the population in the shelters and pounds I looked in was made up of pitbulls. It was especially bad in Richmond where the police department has hired many extra personnel due to the huge "popularity" of illegal dogfighting there. The PBs that are seized in the raids cannot be adopted out and are immediately euthanized. It is the saddest thing and breaks my heart. The Richmond Times classifieds are always inundated with pitbulls for sale.

It is so funny that every day I go to Dog Beach and there are tons of pitbulls down there just a-playing away with all the other dogs. They are not the bad dogs that many people think they are. It's BYBs and mean people that make some of them the terrors that has given them the bad rap. :(

Magnum
03-14-2005, 11:41 PM
Thanks Jo, I knew you would understand. :(