Staffordshire Bull Terriers and American Pit Bull Terriers are often confused with each other, as both are considered bully ...

Saskatchewan dog lovers are saving the lives of a number of pit bulls from Montreal who were in danger of being euthanized. Montreal's new animal control ban goes into effect on Monday.

Four decades ago, when pit bulls were associated almost entirely with dogfighting, the general public understood the danger of the breed as empirically received wisdom. Then, pit bull related ...

In 2004, the last full year before the ban, there were 984 pit bulls licensed in Toronto and 168 reported pit bull bites. That’s more than double the rate of German shepherds, the next most ...

The City of Brossard on Montreal's South Shore has announced it will ban pit bulls and other similar breeds of dogs. It presented the motion at a city council meeting Tuesday evening.

Pit bulls were “2.5 times as likely to bite in multiple anatomic locations as compared to other breeds,” and were responsible for 50 per cent of all bites that required surgery where the breed ...

Now, pit bull types are the most popular dogs in America, making up six per cent of the U.S. dog population. Between 2005 and 2019, they accounted for 66 per cent of 521 U.S. dog bite-related ...