Mary Allen
Introduction: Ka wehewehe ʻana i ka Pit Bull
ʻO Pit Bull kahi huaʻōlelo i hoʻohana ʻia e wehewehe i ke ʻano o ka ʻīlio ʻīlio i kapa ʻia ʻo American Pit Bull Terriers, American Staffordshire Terriers, a me Staffordshire Bull Terriers. He ʻiʻo kēia mau ʻīlio a ikaika ke kino. He ʻaʻahu pōkole ko lākou hiki ke ʻano o nā kala like ʻole, e like me ka ʻeleʻele, ʻeleʻele, keʻokeʻo, a me ka brindle. ʻIke ʻia ʻo Pit Bulls no ko lākou kūpaʻa a me ke aloha i kā lākou mau mea nona, ʻo ia ke kumu i hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ai lākou e like me nā ʻīlio hana a me nā holoholona hoa.
Ka Moolelo o Pit Bulls
Ua hānai mua ʻia nā Pit Bulls ma ʻEnelani i ke kenekulia 19 no ke kumu o ka maunu bipi. ʻO kēia hana i pili i nā ʻīlio e hoʻouka i nā bipi i loko o ke apo, a ua manaʻo ʻia he ʻano leʻaleʻa kaulana. Eia naʻe, ua pāpā ʻia kēia hana ma ʻEnelani i ka makahiki 1835, a ʻaʻole i hoʻohana hou ʻia nā Pit Bulls no ka hoʻomake ʻana i ka bipi. Akā, ua hānai ʻia lākou no ka hakakā ʻīlio, kahi i pāpā ʻia i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kenekulia 20. I kēia lā, hoʻohana ʻia ʻo Pit Bulls no nā kumu like ʻole, me ka ʻimi a me ka hoʻopakele, ka lāʻau lapaʻau, a me nā holoholona ʻohana.
ʻO ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa e hoʻopuni ana i nā Pit Bulls
ʻO Pit Bulls ke kumuhana o ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa no nā makahiki he nui ma muli o ko lākou kaulana no ka huhū. Manaʻo kekahi poʻe he ʻano ʻino maoli ka Pit Bulls a no laila ʻaʻole pono e mālama ʻia ma ke ʻano he mau holoholona. Ke hoʻopaʻapaʻa nei kekahi poʻe ʻaʻole ʻo Pit Bulls i ka huhū maoli a ʻo kā lākou ʻano he hopena o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa maikaʻi ʻole ʻana a i ʻole hana ʻino ʻia e nā mea nona. ʻO kēia hoʻopaʻapaʻa ua alakaʻi i nā kānāwai pili i ka hānau ʻana ma kekahi mau wahi, e pāpā ana a i ʻole ke kāohi ʻana i ka kuleana o Pit Bulls a me nā ʻano ʻīlio "pilikia" ʻē aʻe. Eia nō naʻe, nui nā hui mālama holoholona, me ka American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), e kūʻē i ke kānāwai ʻano ʻano, me ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana ʻaʻole pono a kūpono ʻole i nā mea nona nā ʻīlio kuleana.