Myth: A pit bull is a breed of dog
Truth: From Pit Bull Rescue Central (www.pbrc.net): This is "a generic term often used to describe all dogs with similar traits and characteristics known to the public as 'pit bulls'." The term "pit bull" should refer to one of three breeds - American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, and Staffordshire Bull Terrier (www.wikepedia.org).
Problems arise when media reports of dog bites refer to any large, square-headed dog as a "pit bull" without investigating the true breed of the dog, thus inflating the number of "pit bull attacks" to include attacks by breeds other than the three mentioned above.
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