In the past two decades, pit bulls have become the most abused dogs on Earth: They are the breed of choice for dogfighters; thugs who beat, starve, and neglect the animals in order to make them "mean"; people who use them as "guard" dogs, chained outdoors in all weather extremes; and worse. At just 12 or 13 years of age, many young men in neighborhoods across the U.S. are given pit bull puppies as a macho "rite of passage."
Pit bulls have become the number one breed admitted to many animal shelters—and the number one breed represented in the euthanasia rooms of those facilities. An estimated 70 percent of dogs in urban animal shelters are pit bulls, and the breed comprises an increasing percentage of the victims of violence against animals.
PETA's Emergency Response Team handles hundreds of cases involving abused and neglected pit bulls every year, and it works to improve the living conditions for pit bulls across the country and to ensure prosecution when the dogs are abused.
But that's not all we do to help pit bulls in need—PETA also ensures the following:
After the passage of a San Francisco law requiring pit bulls to be sterilized, officials there reported that between February 2006 and August 2007, San Francisco's shelter took in 25 percent fewer pit bulls and had a 33 percent drop in the number of pit bulls euthanized.
PETA wants to see that kind of success across the country, and we need your help to do it.
Because there are so many pit bulls in need, PETA has created a special fund to help just them. Your donations to this fund will help us to sponsor lifesaving spay or neuter surgeries for pit bulls across the country as well as to provide relief from the elements to pit bulls in dire living situations. Please help abused dogs by making a special donation today.
i have 2 adorable pit bulls that need a new home. i dont want to take them to the shelter (3 days to get adopted, or else) and the human society charges to take them there. they are a mother and daughter. white with brown spotting (kind of like freckles). the mother is about 3 yrs old, and the pup is 5 months old. they are GREAT with my 7 yr old son, and neighborhood kids (once she gets to know em). their names are Q-tip (mom) and Pecas (freckles in spanish) we are in the el paso area, and would like to find a good home for them, preferably together. please let me know if you would be interested, or have any suggestions as to where we could take them. thank you.
Banning the breed is just wrong! Bull breeds are great dogs! Don't forget that even a war hero was a Pit Bull! Try much stiffer legislation against abusers & perhaps restricted breeding regulations. Don't destroy the breed because of bad people! Make it illegal for known abusers to own animals period! Why should the animal die,because of a bad owner?? Punish the owner not the dog!
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