alt Hacker NewsI suspect the reasons are (generously) keeping them out of the hands of people who would treat them poorly and perpetuate the stereotypes, or (less generously) ignorance and fear.
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jlarocco • today at 3:55 AM
How they're raised makes a big difference, but natural instinct is natural instinct. It's just like how chihuahuas were bred to be small, but pit bulls were bred to fight other dogs.
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givemeethekeys • today at 3:57 AM
Maybe Pitbulls are bi-polar more often than other dogs.
There are plenty of statistical studies out there that pit bulls specifically cause both a significant plurality of dog bites and significantly worse injuries than other dog breeds.
For example:
https://blog.dogsbite.org/2016/10/table-retrospective-level-...
https://www.dogsbite.org/dog-bite-statistics-studies-level-1...