Article: Rescue group shows off "Vick dogs" at Oakland shelter

Article: Pit Bulls Must Be Banned
The Washington Post;  February 27, 2000 ;     393 words ......about whether the District needs a ban on pit bulls should have been put to rest by the attack...block of Fourth Street NW when two stray pit bulls attacked her, inflicting deep bites to...for days. The attack was unprovoked. Pit bulls account for one in four dog bites reported...

Article: Are all pit bulls nasty dogs?: An enforcement officer with the Humane Society of Berks County Inc. calls the breed friendly, but says some owners don't care for their animals properly.
Reading Eagle (Reading, PA);  June 7, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Jason Brudereck Jun. 7--Pit bulls are reclaiming a bad reputation that some...More people have been bitten in Reading by pit bulls already in 2007 than in any year since 2002. But pit bulls aren't nasty by nature and become aggressive...

Article: Pit bulls have earned their bad reputation.(Local)
The Virginian Pilot;  October 6, 2005 ;     506 words ......KERRY DOUGHERTY So you want to talk about pit bulls, eh? Fine with me. I've got lots to say...Sorry. It does. On Tuesday, I wrote that pit bulls had killed at least three people this...was mauled to death in March by three pit bulls running loose in her neighborhood. A...

Article: Ban pit bulls?(Debate)
Junior Scholastic;  December 10, 2007 ;     470 words ......has sparked a local debate: Should pit bulls be banned? Originally bred to fight...66 Americans were fatally mauled by pit bulls in the years 1979 to 1998. In the dogs' homeland, Great Britain, pit bulls have been outlawed since 1991. Some...

Article: Life is the pits for pit bulls. (breed becomes target of hysteria)
U.S. News & World Report;  August 17, 1987 ;     373 words ...Life is the pits for pit bulls Are Americans turning the pit bull...the animal. In Greensboro, N.C., two pit bulls were clubbed to death and a third...Antonio, a disc jockey suggested feeding pit bulls poisoned meat. Every pit bull or dog...

Article: Saving Michael Vick's Dogs; Pit Bulls Rescued From the Football Player's Fighting Ring Show Progress in an Unprecedented Rehabilitation Effort
The Washington Post;  July 7, 2008 ;     700+ words ...When football superstar Michael Vick pleaded guilty last year to conspiring to run a dogfighting operation, we knew he had kept about 50 pit bulls on his 15-acre property in rural Surry County, Va...lifelong care of those that could be saved. Of the 49 pit bulls animal behavior experts ...

Article: State justices consider limits on pit bulls.
Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH);  April 5, 2007 ;     636 words ......do about their growing populations of pit bulls. If a former Toledo man wins his case...restriction -- and the state law that defines pit bulls on which the restriction is based...would wipe out local restrictions on pit bulls as well as the state law defining pit...

Article: Justices uphold limits on pit bulls.
Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH);  August 2, 2007 ;     384 words ...Byline: James Nash Aug. 2--Pit bulls have their defenders, but they don't...Toledo and Bexley, can limit the number of pit bulls per home because the breed is inherently...as going too far by assuming that all pit bulls are dangerous. Had Tellings won, local...

Article: Dog fight over pit bulls Dangerous breed has no place in Twin Cities
The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL;  February 5, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Bloomington-Normal is slowly filling up with pit bulls. Just a few years ago I would occasionally...gang-bangers.My own experiences with pit bulls have not been good. A few years ago I...I was attacked by five - yes five! - pit bulls when I entered an apartment house where...

Article: Owner says pit bull didn't deserve to be shot: ; Not all pit bulls are violent, experts say
Charleston Daily Mail;  August 15, 2001 ;     609 words ......in a single chomp. With this feature, pit bulls could be capable killing machines. But...violent reputation, while others defend pit bulls and put at least part of the blame on...Brent Webster says. Incidents involving pit bulls often make national news, but in such...

Article: D.C. Council Revisits Ban on Pit Bulls; Foes Call Plan Invasive, a Waste of Money
The Washington Post;  February 1, 2001 ;     584 words ......Council members to ban ownership of pit bulls has been assailed by angry dog owners...importation, sale and possession of new pit bulls in the city. It would require current owners of pit bulls to register and sterilize their pets...

Article: Cops sort out fatal mauling by pit bulls
Oakland Tribune;  June 5, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Francisco boy by one or two of the family's pit bulls on Friday. Meanwhile, experts on pit bulls defended the breed and said warning signs...was killed while home alone with the two pit bulls, Ella and Rex. He put up "a hell of a fight...

Article: PIT BULLS SHOT DEAD AFTER ATTACK DEPUTIES KILL DOGS AFTER WOMAN, PETS BITTEN DURING STROLL.(City Desk/Local)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  February 9, 2004 ;     555 words ......Sheriff's deputies shot and killed two pit bulls Sunday after a woman and her dogs were...Residents said they had reported that the pit bulls were on the loose and aggressive in the...path east of Clairton Drive when the pit bulls approached, biting at the dogs and turning...

Article: Shelter defends pit bulls' rep.
Newsday (Melville, NY);  December 29, 2006 ;     635 words ......Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. to ban pit bulls in the city, she could not remain quiet any more. Unfortunately, pit bulls have a bad rap, Chernovsky, president...be banned. The proposal would stop pit bulls from being sold or bred in the city...