this is so freaking depressing

* The ADBA registers about 200,000 pit bulls a year. (I called and
asked - they don't usually release this information, but I did get it
from the source.)

* The UKC registers about 300,000 dogs a year, and pit bulls are
#2. Is 30-50,000 dogs a fair estimate? Probably. They're not talking.

* HSUS estimates that 400,000 pit bulls are involved in illegal
fight rings. (I got this directly from John Goodwin, Deputy Manager of
Animal Fighting Issues for HSUS.)

Sandy in OK...

You'd kind of need to be able to "believe" HSUS and their mouthpieces.
Fact is, I see them having about as much credibility as Ingrid Newkirk.
They are a straight-out animal rights organization - not really a human
society at all. BroomSandy

Amy Dahl...

I strongly recommend you read Vicki Hearne's
_Bandit:_Dossier_of_a_Dangerous_Dog_
to get a better insight into the recent history of the
APBT and the role the HSUS has played vilifying
the breed, laying the foundation for breed scares,
breed bans, and demand for the breed among
habitual lawbreakers.

elegy...

i have it, but i haven't read it yet. the hsus scares me.

At the time she wrote, the reason for the HSUS's
actions was not apparent. It is now.

elegy...

i'll have to move it to the top of my pile.

Amy Dahl

i'm having one of those uphill battle kinds of days.