The common terms of “Pit Bull dog” or “Pit Bulls” do not refer to one specific breed, but rather five different but related Pit Bull breeds of muscular terriers originally bred for bull baiting and ...

When comparing the American Pit Bull Terrier vs Staffordshire Bull Terrier, you’d be forgiven for thinking they’re the same breed. At first glance, they look incredibly similar – but as a vet with ...

I used to believe the stereotype that pit bulls are dangerous dogs. Whenever there was a dog-on-person attack in the news, it involved a pit bull or pit mix. Why would anyone want these dogs for pets?

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The Irish Examiner called Rottweilers “time bombs on legs.” The Supreme Court of Kansas called pit bulls “a public-health hazard.” Dostoyevski called the bloodhound “a terrible beast.” But new data ...

It's not immediately obvious, but when you look at Tim, Tom, Jax and Fabio, you're looking at dogs Springfield considers to be pit bulls. The four pooches don't look all that similar, but because an ...

NEWARK – Mike Ossa Jr. lounges casually on his floor, sitting next to a pile of blankets and pillows that have formed a makeshift dog bed. Perched atop of the pile is Roscoe, an American red nose pit ...

Cindy Ryder%2C Wausau%2C looking to ban pit bull dogs from the city of Wausau. The city has filed a petition to euthanize the pit bull that attacked Ryder. WAUSAU – A 56-year-old Wausau woman who was ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Pit bull is a term used in ...

I am lying on a cot in the Chester County Hospital emergency room, my right side bruised, bleeding, swollen, and throbbing in pain. In curtained cubicles all around me, people are moaning and groaning ...

Bulls are one of the largest and strongest animals that humans have domesticated. There are many breeds of cattle, all with their scale-tipping bulls. Over the centuries, humans have created larger, ...

In the wake of a horrific attack in which a Schenectady man was killed by a pack of pit bulls, other owners are defending the breed. Albany Police said 59-year-old James Provost was attacked by a ...