UMary Allen
Intshisekelo kuma-Bull Terriers iphezulu njalo. Iningi lomphakathi libiza le nja ngesilo, kodwa kukhona abayikhonzile futhi bayithathe njengengane egqoke izinja, engathandwa.
#1 Ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yawo-1980, ukuthengiswa kukabhiya we-Budweiser, okunenkanyezi okuthiwa u-Mackenzie, ogama lakhe elicashile kanye nemigilingwane yakhe kwamenza waba isithonjana se-pop osheshayo, wadlala indima enkulu ezikrinini ze-TV.
Umphakathi wawuthathelwe yile nja ukwedlula ubhiya obukhangisiwe. Ngemva kokusakazwa kokuqala, ukuduma kweBull Terriers kwanda kwaze kwafika ezingeni elimangalisayo. Wayebizwa ngothando ngokuthi "ingane egqoke isudi yenja."
#2 Kusukela ngo-1979, e-United States, lapho lezi zilwane zaba inkolo, baqala ukugcina izibalo ezimbi zokuhlaselwa yi-bull terriers kubantu.
Amaphesenti angu-43 azo zonke izinja ezibulalayo zirekhodwa ezinjeni zalolu hlobo. Ngasikhathi sinye, kwavela ukuthi i-bull terriers iyathinteka kakhulu futhi iyaphindisela. Ngakho-ke, u-94% wokuhlaselwa kwezingane kwenzeka ngenxa yokuthi izingane zaziklabalasa noma zikhala kakhulu, kanti kwezinye izinhlobo lesi sibalo sasiku-42%.
#3 Izibalo zokufa zaba zimbi kakhulu - ukuhlaselwa okuthathu kweziyishumi kuphele ngenhlekelele.
Kodwa-ke uphenyo lwawo wonke la macala luveze ukuthi u-84% walezi zigameko ube nephutha labanikazi bawo, abangazange bathathe izinyathelo zokuzivikela.