Friday, April 18, 2014

Love My Pit Bull

Are humans committing a "genocide" against pit bulls? Cesar Millan says we are.

"Our ignorance level is growing way too out of proportion, to the point that we believe that getting rid of a breed is a solution," this country's most famous dog trainer recently said to HuffPost. "Genocide. It's a genocide."

Are humans committing a "genocide" against pit bulls? Cesar Millan says we are.

"Our ignorance level is growing way too out of proportion, to the point that we believe that getting rid of a breed is a solution," this country's most famous dog trainer recently said to HuffPost. "Genocide. It's a genocide."

In the upcoming TV special "Love My Pit Bull" -- watch it on Nat Geo Wild on April 18 -- Millan looks at the ways that humans have failed pit bulls and pit bull type dogs (those that look like pits, even if their actual breed is a mystery). Among those ways: dog fighting, widespread neglect and abuse, laws restricting ownership, media sensationalism, and euthanasia rates so high that a Los Angeles shelter worker chokes up on camera talking about her work.

[5/13/14] President Obama recently came out against dog breed bans. The white house statement read, “research shows that bans on certain types of dogs are largely ineffective and often a waste of public resources.” Do you think pitbulls get a bad rap? -Johanna http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/20/obama-breed-specific-legislation_n_3785911.html

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