| Searches for pitbull pics are very popular on the | | | | the breed would be better served if those who truly |
| internet, and will yield many results. Unfortunately, | | | | care for these dogs took the time to view the most |
| some of the results are disturbing examples of | | | | disturbing pitbull pics and then channeled the anger |
| human cruelty rather than adorable photos of pit bulls | | | | and sadness that they feel into action aimed at |
| romping, lounging and playing. | | | | changing the circumstances of some of these dogs. |
| It is pitbull pics such as those that show the dogs | | | | That false feeling of being helpless is exactly what |
| bloody and broken that help to foster the incorrect | | | | has kept the power in the hands of the abusers of |
| perception that pit bulls are good for nothing except | | | | these dogs for so long. With the Michael Vick dog |
| fighting. Sadly, there are people who enjoy looking at | | | | fighting case bringing an abundance of publicity to the |
| such photos and, as long as there is an audience, the | | | | plight of fighting dogs, action has been taken. |
| photos will continue to appear online. | | | | Could that be, at least in part, because of the |
| There are also plenty of options for those of you | | | | hundreds of pit bull pics that were splashed on the |
| who would rather enjoy pitbull pics in which the dogs | | | | front page of newspapers and on endless online |
| are shown in much happier circumstances. A simple | | | | sites? Putting faces to the suffering surely must |
| Google search for the phrase "pitbull pics" will yield | | | | have had some kind of impact. |
| over 5 million hits. | | | | Some good came of that case as well. The early |
| In between the extremes of the photos of pit bulls | | | | photos depicted skinny, wounded dogs being led out |
| being used in dog fights and those being cuddled on | | | | of cramped kennels by animal control officers. Such |
| their owners beds are others that fall somewhere in | | | | photos did not help the reputation of the breed, but |
| the middle. It is sad to see these beautiful creatures | | | | what came later did. |
| chained to a tree, or wandering the streets having no | | | | A year after the case broke, many news outlets ran |
| place to call home. | | | | stories and pitbull pics about where the Vick dogs |
| Some are far too thin, others are shown in shelters | | | | were now. Most had been spared from euthanasia. |
| and represent just a few of the many who are | | | | Some had become therapy dogs. |
| abandoned at such shelters each year. Many of the | | | | Others went on to perform in agility competitions. Still |
| pitbull pics that one encounters when doing such a | | | | others are now doted on family pets. Those pit bull |
| search are hard to look at, and some may even | | | | pics have gone a long way in proving that it is not |
| make some viewers a bit queasy. | | | | the breed that is the problem, but rather the people |
| While the temptation is to ignore such pics, maybe | | | | who abuse them. |