Last weekend's TV of MP Bridges at the Auckland SPCA made good viewing. Simon's reluctance to get up close and personal with the two pitbull mongrels was understandable. The SPCA has been finding homes for these mongrels, that is pitbull plus some other canine mix, bred by people with no thought or use for the result. These mongrels should be destroyed, not foisted on the community as pets. Any pitbull mix is dangerous as a pet. The proof is the weekly roundup of savaged victims needing surgery. Pitbulls were bred as fighting dogs and have a special way of biting. No neck so they don't turn their head to bite. They drive their front teeth in and lock on to pull a piece of meat out. I know as I have been attacked by a neighbour's pitbull. The SPCA have lost their way by fostering dangerous dogs as pets, and I urge everyone to stop supporting them until the change their ways.
Don McIntyre, Welcome Bay.
PS. Owning a pitbull is like planking. Someone is going to get hurt.