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So, get in my car and drive to a public place where I can walk my dog? Makes perfect sense.
It is actually fairly common to go hiking with dogs.
In the 15-year period of 2005 through 2019, canines killed 521 Americans. Pit bulls contributed to 66% (346) of these deaths. Combined, pit bulls and rottweilers contributed to 76% of the total recorded deaths [1] [1] https://www.dogsbite.org/
Their bite force is about 235 psi and some can pull over 3000 lbs.
It's the most abandoned breed and the one with most safety incidents.
So:
- keeping a pit bull on leash doesn't make a difference
- once it's aggravated you cannot control it anymore
- nobody actually needs a pit bull
- it can disfigure or kill a person or animal at any moment: you, your family, your neighbors, their pets, dog sitter, etc.
For me, the modern war on dogs is that I can only walk my dog in my neighborhood (I live near the beach), before 7am and after 6pm. I get it, there are plenty of bad dog owners. It is still just a bummer that a few bad seeds ruin the fun for everyone else.
It means it lives in a confined space not meant for a dog.
Dogs are for farms not cities.
For me, the modern war on dogs is that I can only walk my dog in my neighborhood (I live near the beach), before 7am and after 6pm. I get it, there are plenty of bad dog owners. It is still just a bummer that a few bad seeds ruin the fun for everyone else.
Realistically, if your dog needs walking you are a bad dog owner. Under this definition most dog ownership is bad. It means it lives in a confined space not meant for a dog. Dogs are for farms not cities.
>when it was unclear how easily pets could transmit the virus to humans, the UK government considered ‘that we might have to ask the public to exterminate all the cats in Britain’. Three years on, the mere suggestion of a cat cull was met with horror. History repeats itself > The British pet massacre was an event in the United Kingdom in 1939 in which over 750,000 pets were killed in preparation for food shortages du…
... apart from the bit where it didn't actually repeat itself? There didn't end up being another massacre and the potential for it had absolutely jackshit to do with war and food shortages.
I'm also shocked at the complete disregard some people have for their pets. Like moving overseas and giving up their dog. "Didn't you have that dog since it was a puppy?" "yes, but we want to move" "you can take a dog with you" "It's too expensive" I've moved my cats between continents 4 times so I know it adds up but it's not insurmountable for anyone with a tech salary "wait, what do your kids think about this?" "oh they're pretty upset :shrug I guess we'll get another one". Well if you think thats OK then that's also the end of our friendship.
I did notice when I lived in the US that American's seem to treat their cats and dogs a bit better on average. More like family members. Here there's too much of a "farm dog" mentality, which is fine, maybe, when it applies to actual working dogs, but not to pets.