Do you know why American Pit Bull Terriers are banned in Australia?

[Anonymous]

[Hagar88]

Aggressive dogs, probably too many kids killed by them.

My neighbour had one, I say had because he had got out and came on to our property and started playing with my wife. I say playing because because he was biting exactly but was nipping her and the nips were pretty powerful. I grabbed him by the throat and threw him a cross the yard and shot him 6 times.

Owners called the police on me, just showed the police the dash cam footage and bruises from the bites on my wife's body.

[Anonymous]

Good for Australia. America should do the same.

Pit bulls account for 2/3 of all fatal dog attacks. And no, it's not because of how they are trained or treated by their owners. It's because of their genes.

Breeding and importing pit bulls should be illegal in the US like it is in Australia.

[Opinion Owner]

Thanks for MHO.

[Asker]

Welcome

[purplepoppy]

Because Australians have commonsense.

[Curmudgeon]

I always liked the euphemism "Staffordshire Terrier" that you fine folks across the pond came up with?

[purplepoppy]

Completely different breed but not one I'd trust with children either. Not as aggressive as pit bulls but well known biters

[Curmudgeon]

@purplepoppy Oh! I had heard people calling USA pit bulls "American Staffordshire Terriers", and just assumed that they were from the UK originally.

[Anonymous]

Yes, because of their aggressive history and potential to do harm. They are also banned in certain states and cities in the USA. Do you have a point to make other than seeing who knows why?

[Dargil]

It might have something to do with biting.

[In_Trance]

Crippling government overreach

[exitseven]

they are killers.