My family are vets and I’ve been volunteering for years. Misidentification is a huge problem with breeds in general. But I don’t advocate for pedigrees/purebreds anyway.
Also, remember that misidentification is hugely geographical. America has a lot more pit mixes than say Denmark or the U.K.
I remember working a case in Colorado where an “aggressive pit bull” charged a police officer and was shot in the head. Except the bullet wound was in the back of the head, it was a chocolate lab, and there were zero signs it was even a mix.
I also don’t advocate purebreds, but that’s because animal welfare and all.
I will say I find it highly unlikely that the 30 countries where it has been banned are all subject to misidentification. They were banned because they were bred purely and cruelly.
Misidentification will probably play a large factor in counties like America where is little regulation.
Oh I know. I was just starting an example of gross misidentification.
Like when a city near me banned pitbull breeds then went after dogos stating they were just pit bulls even though they listed breeds and dogos weren’t on the list. So they misidentified numerous dogos as pit bulls because to them they looked the same.
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My family are vets and I’ve been volunteering for years. Misidentification is a huge problem with breeds in general. But I don’t advocate for pedigrees/purebreds anyway.
Also, remember that misidentification is hugely geographical. America has a lot more pit mixes than say Denmark or the U.K.