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this is so freaking depressing
elegy wrote: * The ADBA registers about 200,000 pit bulls a year. (I called and asked - they don't usually release this information, but I did get it from the source.) * The UKC registers about 300,000 dogs a year, and pit bulls are #2. Is 30-50,000 dogs a fair estimate? Probably. They're not talking. * HSUS estimates that 400,000 pit bulls are involved in illegal fight rings. (I got this directly from John Goodwin, Deputy Manager of Animal Fighting Issues for HSUS.) I strongly recommend you read Vicki Hearne's _Bandit:_Dossier_of_a_Dangerous_Dog_ to get a better insight into the recent history of the APBT and the role the HSUS has played vilifying the breed, laying the foundation for breed scares, breed bans, and demand for the breed among habitual lawbreakers. At the time she wrote, the reason for the HSUS's actions was not apparent. It is now. Amy Dahl |
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