Pit Bulls and Beef Bulls

It’s no secret that I love the pit bulls. Not too many years ago I was like most people, I didn’t know much about them other than what the media had to say. Well then I took in a stray pit bull and I was hooked after that. What a sweet, loving and loyal breed! And there are just so darn many of them out there being treated so horribly! How can we not sympathize?

Over time my husband and I have adopted two pit bulls. People are still not sure what to say when I tell them we have four dogs: two pit bulls, a Labrador and a hound. I was hanging out with a great friend from out of town yesterday and he had to admit that he’s afraid of pit bulls. I don’t blame him really. If you haven’t had interactions with the breed and all you know is what you hear on TV, then yeah, I can see how people would be scared.

Any who … those of us that do interact with pit bulls regularly know how wonderful they are. This doesn’t stop practically every form of media – TV, newspapers, magazines, internet sites, etc. – from making them out to be villainous monsters. Today I was thinking that things on the whole are getting better for pit bulls. People are standing up for them and organizations like BADRAP in San Francisco are doing wonders for portraying pit bulls in a positive light. Despite their efforts, I’m afraid many, many Americans still despise, hate, or fear pit bulls.

BUT THEY DON’T EAT THEM!

Score one for the pit bulls! It’s so strange that Americans on the whole (probably I’m assuming here – maybe even using strong language) hate pit bulls. On the other hand, they seem to love farm animals. I mean children’s books are written about farm animals. Charlotte’s Web, Kiss the Cow, Open the Barn Door, Pat the Bunny … I could go on and I’m sure you could too. So we as a whole revere farm animals … we teach our kids to think they’re cute, cuddly and friendly. Then we serve them up at the dinner table.

Isn’t there something so odd about that? Society on the whole probably hates pit bulls but they don’t eat them. They adore farm animals and chomp away on their body parts. Hmmmm … now that is some food for thought. Oh yes the pun is intended 🙂