There are so many sites devoted to praising & defending Pit Bulls that it is hard to sort thru possible 'neutral' opinions. People are quite vociferous about their favorite pets.

What is clear to me is that 'almost' all defenders and a large number of those who campaign against Pit Bull & Rottweilers abandon clear & logical arguments in favor of first person accounts and lists of examples to support their own subjective opinions. (Why, you'd think it was about race, religion or politics or something!)

The truth is almost always somewhere in between the extreme opinions, and all that is really clear is that care must be taken in dealing with all animals....and more so with 'some' animals. Breeding for specific characteristics IS a common practice, and this applies to behavior as well as physical characteristics. When a breed is described as "well suited for children's companions", there is the obvious suggestion that other breeds are less well suited.

I am quite aware that many, many Pit Bulls, Rottweilers, and others can be friendly, happy family pets and never cause a problem, but to ignore the statistics about the % of problems that include those breeds would be to ignore reality.