They are banned in Ontario, Canada for a good reason and banned in UK for the same reasons.

The only time my dog was ever randomly attacked was a pitbull and you quickly learn talking to other dog owners how common this is. Nothing clears out a dog park like a pit bull showing up.

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Rendello 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The ban isn't meaningfully enforced in much of the province [1], I see them a lot. I used to live in Ottawa, and their official site directly states "The City of Ottawa does not enforce the provincial ban on pit bulls" [2]. For those (legitimately) interested in a Canadian perspective on breed-specific legislation, there's a documentary by CBC's Fifth Estate on the subject [3].

1. https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/five-things-to-know-abou...

2. https://ottawa.ca/en/living-ottawa/animals-and-pets/dogs/dog...

3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFa8HOdegZA

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macintux 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I suspect the reasons are (generously) keeping them out of the hands of people who would treat them poorly and perpetuate the stereotypes, or (less generously) ignorance and fear.

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jlarocco 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

How they're raised makes a big difference, but natural instinct is natural instinct. It's just like how chihuahuas were bred to be small, but pit bulls were bred to fight other dogs.

	▲	aucisson_masque 3 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		In France, during many years the biggest bitter by far was the fucking golden retriever. Speak about natural instincts... I answer that some people have zero clue what to do with a dog. I say we put down all these golden retriever too !

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crooked-v 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

There are plenty of statistical studies out there that pit bulls specifically cause both a significant plurality of dog bites and significantly worse injuries than other dog breeds.

For example:

https://blog.dogsbite.org/2016/10/table-retrospective-level-...

https://www.dogsbite.org/dog-bite-statistics-studies-level-1...

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47282847 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Correlation/causation

	▲	imtringued an hour ago \| parent [-]
		The word "pit" in "pit bull" refers specifically to a dog fighting arena where dogs are supposed to aggressively fight each other in a duel, possibly until one of them dies. "pit bull" refers to a dog breed that was optimized for its performance (=more aggressive and dangerous) in the "pit".

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givemeethekeys 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Maybe Pitbulls are bi-polar more often than other dogs.

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