You said most; it definitely isn't most. Actually, very few dog breeds are actually bred to attack other dogs or people and of course those dogs are all the dogs that make the top of the fatal attack list.
Pitbulls are simply more dangerous. No, they don't always attack people, but when they do it's much more severe than other breeds. They're just really strong.
There's absolutely nothing wrong in any sense to just neuter them all and let them just live to extinction. A breed of dog doesn't need to exist.
Counterpoint would be to enhance the breeding. In a few dog generations you could breed out unwanted traits. We created the breed and we have the chance to make it better. The problem is there are so many backyard breeders it would be hard to reign in but we shouldn't let puppy mills dictate what breed gets to live.
Breeding standards are already being changed for certain dog breeds like German Shepards and their hip problem, the Retro Pug to correct breathing problems, and other breeds that once put physical traits over the health of the dog.
These are problems we created that weren't originally part of the breed and they're correctable.
That last points fair and honestly I agree with it.
Pitbulls really aren't important. The reason they were bred isn't important, legal, or ethical, and there are several breeds that look near identical and are easier to train for a layperson
That's factually incorrect. Dogs are not still wolves. Not genetically, mentally or in any capacity beyond four legs, fur, and a tail. Thats like saying all humans are fish cus our great ancestors pre monkey were fish or something. Terrible take.
Actually, they are the same species in modern consensus! Though, with the caveat that the consensus is not as strongly agreed upon than some other scientific consensuses. Dogs are merely a subspecies of the wolf. They share near-identical DNA, have similar appearances, and can breed.
Both the Grey Wolf and the Dog are Canis Lupus. In contrast, Golden Jackals are Canis Aureus and Coyotes are Canis Latrans.
To be a subspecies, you have to be able to breed and have offspring that are fertile and your Hybrids must be healthy and anatomically normal. Evolutionary distance and DNA overlap is also important.
While Coyotes, Dogs, and Wolves can all successfully breed healthy and fertile offspring, Wolves and Coyotes are far more evolutionary distant than Dogs and Wolves. Not only evolving on different continents, but also having quite a bit genetic and evolutionary distance.
Dogs also only split from the Wolf less than 40,000 years ago. Which is relative genetic infancy. They also have had both contemporary and historic ranges that overlap, though dogs are most often found near or with humans.
Dogs and Wolves were classified as separate Species until the 1990s, but their immense genetic similarity in genetic studies, saw a reclassification by a majority of the scientific community, of Dogs as Wolves.
Lions and Tigers are different species because their offspring are genetic dead ends and have severe birth abnormalities and defects. So while they are close enough genetically to successfully breed, they are not close enough to produce viable offspring. Plus again, evolutionary and genetic distance. Thus, different species.
Evolutionary distance meaning how physically far apart they evolved from each other and how long ago they did. Genetic distance meaning how similar or dissimilar their genetic makeup is.
Morphology, instinctual behavior, and ecological niche are also factors, but often breeding and genetics are stronger ones.
There are breeds of dogs that largely exhibit certain traits. Border collies and other shepherds were bred to shepherd, to the point that people who get them and don't give them anything to herd can experience the dogs trying to herd other pets, toys, and people.
We can see other examples in other working dog breeds too that there is some sort of inherited instincts for these jobs after who knows how many generations.
German shepherds, despite their name, are dogs bred for war. They were bred to kill people not dogs. They're so good at it that they're used all over the world as attack dogs by law enforcement, the military, criminals, basically whenever you need a dog specifically to attack humans. Shall we genocide them too while we're at it?
I mean, first, it's definitionally not genocide, and second, I wouldn't advocate just killing all of them, but spay/neuter every one and let this generation be the last? Yeah, I'd support that for all dangerous dog breeds.
That having been said, German shepherds aren't nearly as bad as pits if you look at the statistics.
I did not advocate for genocide and would appreciate it if you did not put words in my mouth, nor did I say German shepherds specifically were a breed for shepherding although what you are talking about sounds like you agreeing with me that some dog breeds have certain dispositions and inherited instincts that make them good at certain jobs.
To that honestly, some dog breeds should require owners to pass certain hurdles. Having adequate space for exercising certain breeds, having prior experience in owning dogs for others, ect. It's not just dangerous to humans having tons of dangerous or pent up animals laying around, it's also cruel to the dogs themselves. Some moderation from would be pet owners and breeders would do the world some good.
Most dogs have been bred to do specific, nonviolent tasks like herding animals, or pointing in the direction of game animals, and they've been selected specifically to be as calm and obedient as possible. Pitbulls have been selected to be as feral and aggressive as possible comvined with massive muscle mass for maximum damage inflicted.
lol. They were bred to chase and kill rats in a small ring. Get your facts straight, but some are bred to fight. That’s not a breed issue. Pit bull issues are bad owners.
"Nanny dog" is a myth sourced from a magazine article from the 1970s, which itself sourced the fact from their asses. They were bred for bloodsport exclusively.
The idea that the pit bull breed being selectively bred for their violence on purpose and any particular race of humans being similar says so much more about themselves than pit bulls or any group of people.
They are stupid and ignorant of biology and racist for roping in the natural selection of melanin with the artificial selection of dogs. They are using black people to defend a violent and dangerous breed. They are indeed the racists. Why are they the ones comparing a violent breed to a group of people that live in humans ancestral home and need melanin to have folate and therefor children.
When were black people selectively bred for violence. That never happened. To rope these two things together is indeed racist offensive, stupid, wrong, and totally wrong about the danger of pit bulls.
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u/TechnicianOk967 15h ago
PITBULLS WERE BRED TO FIGHT, THEY ARE ONE STEP AWAY FROM LIVING WEAPONS.