be better? Many people have taken dogs into their home and made them part of the family. However‚ there is one breed that most Americans have turned their back on despite the loyalty and heroism they have proven throughout the ages‚ the American Pit Bull Terrier (APBT). The APBT is the most controversial and publicized dog in existence today. The breed transformed from war heroes to one of the most feared dogs in America. The APBT is not the cruelest breed‚ rather‚ they are the most misunderstood
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Jason Ricker Professor Joonna Trapp ENGL 3010 November 18‚ 2012 American Pit Bull Terrier: Wrongfully Accused Dog Deemed ‘Dangerous‚’ Killed In Northern Ireland For Being Bulldog “The seven-year old dog at the center of a worldwide campaign to save his life was put to death in Northern Ireland. Despite calls from around the world to spare him‚ Lennox‚ a bulldog-Labrador mix was killed Wednesday after a prolonged legal battle. The dog was the focus of a campaign to prevent the Belfast
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abuse by one person against relative. According to an article that was published in March 1998 in the NYT magazine there are two types of abusive men – pit bulls and cobras. In this essay I will describe the similarities and the differences between cobras and pit bulls. Both pit bulls and cobras had suffered from a traumatic childhood. Pit bulls probably had fathers who battered their mothers and cobras suffered from criminal records that maybe related to their broken homes that they lived in. Also
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In their study‚ that included 63 couples where the wives were victims of battered man‚ it was discovered an unusual physiological difference that distinction between two types of batterers: the pit bull and the cobra. They described the two types according to their behavior towards woman – the pit bull is aggressive and hot-tempered‚ and the cobra is usually calm and strikes without warnings. It was found that the behavior of those two types has both similarities and
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Xania Tesoro Professor Escamilla College Composition and Research Module 1 Project Pit Bulls – should this breed be banned? The topic I choose to write about is “Pit Bulls – should this breed be banned?” Pit Bulls should not be banned. Over the past years in the United States‚ Pit Bulls have been portrayed as a breed who is extremely dangerous and untrustworthy that some States are banning ownership of this breed. This breed should not be banned simply because of unfortunate events. It is not until
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The Negative Effects The Media Has On The Pit Bull Breed Did you know that for over one hundred years the Pit Bull was called the “Nanny Dog” by Americans‚ and was the breed that symbolized our country? One of the most famous Pit Bulls was Petey from The Little Rascals. For generations people got a Pit Bull to keep their children safe because these dogs were the most trustworthy of any breed with children and adults. Now the Nanny Dog is being persecuted by the media‚ and being called the hellion
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Good Action/Good Person I consider a good action to be something that helps others and is unselfish. Within the last year I have helped my Grandma through her cancer treatments. I believe that this is a good action because it was helping my Grandma in a time of need when she needed an extra hand. I took time out of my school schedule in order to help her get to and from the treatments‚ helped her around the house and visited with her giving moral support. I would get up early and drive her to the
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Good or Bad? Do you ever wonder if you are good or bad? The potential for evil scares many people. Most people these days strive to be the best they can be. They want to have excellence and do the best to their ability‚ but they do evil acts that make them the total opposite. Throughout history humans have shown that they can be evil; however‚ there are more people that possess a trait of being good. There are many ways people can be depicted as being “good”. One of those ways would be someone
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American Pit bull Terriers; The Incredibly Misunderstood Breed “Pit bulls are vicious dogs‚” people say‚ “They’re just time bombs waiting to destroy.” When it comes to conversations about pit bulls‚ they are almost never positive. There has been hype about pit bulls and how dangerous they are all over the United States. This false media going around is causing officials to want to ban pit bulls everywhere. Many states in the United States have already implemented the BLS (Breed Specific Legislation
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Fast Food Good or Bad Everyone should think twice before deciding to eat fast food. There are many health risks when it comes to eating food that’s made within a matter of seconds. The food is not properly taken care of‚ which leads all the way back to where the food is originally produced. Even if it is easy to buy and cheap‚ the health risks outweigh the five minutes of satisfaction that fast food brings. One should carefully think before they eat fast food. The health risks that come from
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