Pit bull attacks in South Africa—a historian sheds light on the issues
I saw the news on the other Villages news site. Sad.
Dog dies after vicious attack by pit bull on Historic Side of The Villages
Last year, my pooch had been bitten by a pit bull looking dog at the dog park on his paw but thankfully the dog had not closed its jaws. And the owner was right there to get the dog off of Beau.
I have encountered many very gentle pit bull or pit bull mixes here in the Villages though.
It is often an owner that does not seem to know how to control the dog or does not even seem to know the dog's history.
When we lived in Palm Harbor we lived next door to a man who was training pit bulls but mishandled it so badly he brought down the Humane Society as well as the news media down on him and probably the police as well. The dogs seemed very nice though. It was the owner/trainer that was the problem.