Animal Rights Uncompromised:
Pit Bull Breeding Bans

Before founding PETA, Ingrid Newkirk spent many years as the chief of Animal Disease Control and as the director of an animal shelter in the District of Columbia. During this time, she initiated the first spay-and-neuter program in our nation's capital. She faced dangerous situations every day in an effort to help abused and neglected dogs, risking her safety countless times in the alleys and slums of Washington, D.C. She rescued pit bulls from people who beat and starved them, chained them to metal drums as "guard" dogs, or trained them to attack people and other animals. Pit bulls are the most abused breed of dog, and it is the relentless abuse of these dogs at the hands of cruel people that motivates our efforts to stop people from bringing more pit bulls into the world to be hurt and exploited.

Frankly, when shelters are destroying dogs by the tens of thousands, why breed more pit bulls or more of any dog? There are many wonderful dogs in animal shelters who need homes. PETA urges everyone who can provide a dog with a permanent, loving home to adopt one of these animals and have him or her neutered or spayed.

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