What is a Pit Bull????????????

[robotics]

I have been reading very closley comments made on this site about these breds and especially bad owners........I have asked for people to identlify smiffy65 dog http://www.mygermanshepherd.co.uk/forums/showt hread.php?t=62 as he was a rescue and I have been surfing the web to find pictures of Pit Bulls to only discover no-one really knows what the definition of a Pit Bull is????????????

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pit_bull

What do you think?

[Gromit]

Since the American Pit Bull Terrier is not recognised by the Government or the UK Kennel Club as a pure breed, the definition of a 'type known as a pit bull terrier' had to be legally designated. The Queen�s Bench Divisional Court decided in July 1993 that:

�They could properly conclude that a dog was of the type known as the pit bull terrier if its characteristics substantially conformed to the American Dog Breeders Association�s standard.�

There are pictures her

http://www.adba.cc/

[IggyB]

The standards for the APBT are however, extremely vague by UK pure breed standards. This means that many dogs, regardless of parentage could be considered a �pit bull type�.

The burden of proof lies with the defence. The owner has to prove to the court that the dog is not a �pit bull type� rather than the police having to prove that it is.