ProCon’s Pit Bull Quiz
- Question: In the dog world, what is BSL?
- Answer: “Breed-specific legislation” (BSL) is a term for laws that regulate or ban certain dog breeds or types in an effort to decrease the incidence of dog attacks.
- Question: Which is a common argument against pit bull bans?
- Answer: This is a common argument against pit bull bans.
- Question: Which dog breed has been labeled as more aggressive than pit bulls?
- Answer: A study of 35 common breeds found Chihuahuas, not pit bulls, to be the most aggressive dogs.
- Question: Which breed or kind of dog, developed from pit bulls, was responsible for a series of deaths in the U.K. in recent years?
- Answer: The large American Bully (XL type) was involved in a number of dog attacks and deaths in the U.K.; consequently, Parliament banned breeding, selling, exchanging, or abandoning the dog and heavily regulated owning it.
- Question: Which is a common argument in favor of pit bull bans?
- Answer: This is a common argument in favor of pit bull bans.
- Question: Which of the following is true about dogfighting?
- Answer: All of these are true about dogfighting.
- Question: Which of the following is often characterized as a “pit bull”?
- Answer: Although considered different dog breeds or types, each of these is frequently labeled a “pit bull.”
- Question: Although some 80 percent of dogs in the U.S. have been spayed or neutered, what percentage of pit bulls have been sterilized?
- Answer: A much lower percentage of pit bulls (27 percent) have been sterilized than that of other dogs, leading to their overpopulation and heavy presence in shelters, where they have been euthanized at higher rates than other dogs have.
