As a reader of this essay, many people will read the title I have presented and come up with a general picture in their heads of what I will be talking about. Knowing the background of this essay, being an abstract concept to define, people may be confused as to what’s so abstract about a dog? Well here is why all of those thinkers are wrong. The word pit bull is thrown around so often, that it is not even questioned about what the word truly means. In fact, a pit bull is not a breed of dog, but it is a “...class of dogs that includes several breeds: American pit bull terrier, American Staffordshire terrier, Staffordshire bull terrier and any other purebred or mixed breed dog that is a combination of these dogs” (Pit Bull FAQ). There are many laws banning pit bulls; they are categorized by their physical traits and then based on that, get taken away from their families. Although there are many problems with this, one major problem is that non pitbulls get caught up by this checklist and get …show more content…
If the people would understand that a pit bull is a specific grouping of dog, and their physical features have little to do with the actual reasons these laws are put in place, then maybe owners of non pit bulls will have less to worry about. The people behind these laws make comments such as, “I’ve said before and I will say again, if it walks like a pit bull, if it barks and bites like a pit bull, wags its tail like a pit bull, it’s a pit bull.” (Ontario Hansard 38-1, November 4, 2004)” (Difficulty of Breed Identification). Maybe if Attorney General Michael Bryant was informed that his statement refers to every dog on this planet, then the ban he pushed on pit bulls would not exist. It is people like this who throw around the word pit bull, not even having any real knowledge on what it really means, who cause not only true pit bulls to suffer, but non pit bulls and their families as