Dec 31, 2010

After searching the term "pit bull" on Delicious.com I came across Pit Bull Rescue Central. Under Pit Bull Education - Materials is a PDF (listed below) of pictures of various dog breeds which most people mistake for a Pit Bull. Out of the 18 dogs listed there is actually only one Pit Bull. When I met Marie, the owner of Kitty Connection, she had told me about a similar test someone conducted to show that most people are wrong when they refer to a dog as a "Pit Bull". This could put into question the number of dog bites listed as being done by a Pit Bull, and possibly destroy the argument that this breed has the most dog bites recorded. I think the only way to clear the record would be to blood test every single dog which is reported to have bitten someone to see what the true DNA is, but that is something that would probably be impossible to do.

The test: http://www.pbrc.net/misc/PBRC_find_the_pitbull.pdf

The answers: http://www.pbrc.net/misc/PBRC_find_the_pitbull_key.pdf

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