Pit bulls are not pets

Make no mistake about it, Pit bulls are not pets. Whoever wants to can fool themselves and call those animals pets, but they are not and never will be.

Pit bulls are traditionally bred to be vicious fighters and they have been known to maul, to maim and to kill.

In Britain, The Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 makes the ownership of Pit bulls illegal. The Government had intended seek the destruction of the more than 10,000 American pit bull terriers in that country but instead, owners of dogs bred for fighting were required to have them neutered, obtain a permit, hold third party insurance, and keep their dogs muzzled and on a leash in public.

The dogs were outlawed in many regions of the United States.

Twenty years ago the breed was categorized by the Bahamas Humane Society as a "time bomb" waiting to explode in New Providence.

Kaufman County May Ban Exotic Animals

For years, Kaufman County has cultivated a reputation as something of a haven for exotic wild animals and their owners, a place where elephants, monkeys and big cats might be as at home on the range as cattle, pigs and dogs.

But after a tiger mauling and the discovery of dead and mangled livestock, this East Texas gateway is reconsidering its historically relaxed approach to regulating exotic -- and some say dangerous -- animals.

While more than 70 percent of Texas counties prohibit keeping dangerous wild animals as pets, Kaufman County is among the few in the state that lets its 89,000 residents keep a giraffe or bear with the right paperwork. .