Article: Owner says pit bull didn't deserve to be shot: ; Not all pit bulls are violent, experts say

Article: Dog fight over pit bulls Pit bull ban ...
The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL;  February 5, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... The vast majority of pit bulls that I have seen and ... friendly, happy dogs.Pit bulls, however, have an image ... you dont see are all the pit bulls that are wonderful family ... short-haired dog is a pit bull mix. Due to bad publicity ...

Article: PIT BULLS BITE BOYS WALKING PIT ...
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  February 7, 2002 ;     355 words ...COMMERCE CITY -- Pit bulls attacked two teen-agers Wednesday ... of Ash Street while walking their own pit bull. After the two were treated and left ... dogs who bit the youths and another pit bull from the same yard were taken to Adams ...

Article: Boynton Beach couple charged with cruelty to three pit ...
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL);  August 17, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Matt Presser Aug. 17--Boynton Beach The pit bulls had no food, only buckets of greenish water. Their bones ... were emaciated." At the time they were seized, one female pit bull was chained to a tree, while the two others -- a male and ...

Article: PIT BULLS AND THE HIP-HOP CULTURE THE PIT ...
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  July 30, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... N.C. -- The image of the American pit bull terrier was once the smiling dog living ... from danger. But today, many see the pit bull as something very different: as either ... but many agree the hip-hop use of pit bull images moved it out of the shadows - and ...

Article: A grandmother's death proves pit bulls must go
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  December 13, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... device to pry open a pit bull's jaws should it clamp ... fences around yards where pit bulls roamed. Of course I ... regulate the keeping of pit bulls, pit bull-like dogs, and Rottweilers ... represent, was chewed up by pit bulls, Burzichelli told me ...

Article: Experts: Pit bulls not more of danger
Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL);  June 8, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... to the contrary, pit bull owners -- as well ... experts -- say pit bulls are not inherently ... Hospital, said the pit bulls -- or American pit bull terriers, as they ... and 1994 involved pit bulls or pit bull mixes. Experts ...

Article: Pit bulls can't shake bad rap.(FEATURES)(COMPASS)
The Christian Science Monitor;  March 2, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... main facility are pit bulls or pit-bull mixes. Some ... and not all pit bulls are good. They ... s define the pit bull in the minds of ... terriers. Are pit bulls inherently aggressive ... property coverage to pit-bull owners out of ...