r/BanPitBulls A Catcher in The Lie 10d ago

Shelter Skelter More insane lies that could get someone and/or their pets killed

I swear the lies are becoming increasingly egregious. These Twitter warriors must really hate all living creatures aside from their disgusting murder mutts. The listings on the shelter website seem to be more honest but they’re probably well aware of people like this psychopath advertising the mutants as being suitable family pets when they’re very clearly not, and are completely fine with it.

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u/BPBAttacks3 Moderator 10d ago

This is revolting. Thank you for putting these in this format. These people are shameless liars and their egregious stupidity and misguided morals are going to get someone seriously injured or killed… disgusting.

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u/InfamousSalamander33 A Catcher in The Lie 10d ago

I’m glad you find them useful! I just happened to come across this Twitter account and some others like it and fell down the rabbit hole of pitnuttery, it’s frankly astounding. Unfortunately there’s plenty more where these came from too, and as per my caption, the lies are becoming more bold. Utterly reprehensible.

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u/BPBAttacks3 Moderator 10d ago

Yes! This is exactly how I hope for all of these types of posts to look. It’s so helpful when someone comes with receipts and highlights the contradictions like this.

I must have missed your first one but these types of posts are so important. People need to see the active and intentional deceit perpetuated by the anti public safety people.

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u/WholeLog24 10d ago

Seconding; this side-by-side format of their lies is incredibly helpful.

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u/Embarrassed_Owl4482 10d ago

And they have.

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u/BPBAttacks3 Moderator 10d ago

Absolutely.

Shelterpits

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u/AutoModerator 10d ago

Below are some of the fatal attacks on humans by pit bulls that are directly attributable to pit bulls that were available at, adopted out from, or transferred from a tax funded shelter:

2014, Rita Pepe (93) was killed by a pit bull that charged from its owner’s home. The pit bull, Booker, had been previously available for adoption through the Branford Animal Shelter

2015, Joshua Phillip Strother (6) was savagely killed by a pit bull which was transferred from the Asheville Humane Society to Asheville Humane Adoption Center 3-week earlier

2016, Sebastian Caban (3-days old) was fatally bitten on the head by the family pit bull mix which had been adopted to the baby’s parents 5-months prior by the San Diego Humane Society

2017, Susannah Jean Murrary (3-weeks old) was killed by one of the three “rescue” pits that the family had adopted. While there is no way to conclusively prove which of the three pit bulls killed the infant, much suspicion has been directed towards the pit bull, Momma, which was adopted from Kent County Animal Shelter when it was 3-months old

2017, Margaret Colvin (90) was killed by a pit bull the family had adopted the same day by Forever Home Rescue and Rehabilitation Center. The pit bull had been pulled by the rescue from the New York City municipal shelter, where it was on a euthanasia list for “biting people”

2017, Jacob Brooks (4) was killed by four of his family dogs in his backyard. One of the dogs, a pit bull-mix, had been adopted to Jacob’s family in February by El Paso Animal Services

2018, Bradley Cline (62) was killed after attempting to break up a fight between his son’s male pit bulls. The son had adopted the two males, Spike and Zeus, in 2017 from the Henderson Animal Shelter

2018, Robin Conway (64) was mauled to death by a pit bull she had adopted two weeks earlier. The pit bull was slated for rescue pull at Logan County Pound and was pulled by Laura Shamblin-Smith’s rescue and then transported by Robin Kilgore

2018, Khloe Ann Williams (7-months old) was killed by a pit bull belonging to her foster family. The pit bull was picked up and identified as a “pit bull mix type”, relabeled as a “Retriever/Hound” and adopted thorough Pinellas County Animal Services

2019, Christine Liquori (52) was killed while volunteering at the Humane Society of St. Lucie County by a pit-bull mix that had been found wandering the streets a month prior

2020, Carolyn Varanese (84) was killed and her son was injured by a pit-bull mix that had been pulled from Miami-Dade Animal Services and pulled by Mastiff of Florida Rescue and placed with the Varanese family a few weeks prior

2021, Jayden Henderson (7) was killed and her mother was injured while caring for their neighbor’s pit bulls. One of the pitbulls, Athena, had been adopted in December 2019 from Wake County Animal Center (WCAC)

2023, Colton Kline (4) was killed by a pit bull-mix his family had adopted from Spokane Regional Animal Protection Services (SCRAPS) two months earlier

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u/WholeLog24 10d ago

In fact, Murray can't get enough social media points. After her pit bull killed her baby, she allowed her daughter to post a photo of the now deceased baby lying with Devlin, the other male family pit bull.

What the actual fuck

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u/BPBAttacks3 Moderator 10d ago

That one fills me with rage every single time. That’s also the one where one of the pits was a “Canine Good Citizen.”

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u/Embarrassed_Owl4482 10d ago

Excellent archiving thank you our excellent mods!

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u/aw-fuck 10d ago

Have you guys considered including XL Bullies on this list? There was a guy who was outsourcing them from the UK (I think he still is) & I think one or two specifically from him have killed people

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u/BPBAttacks3 Moderator 10d ago

These are all pulls from tax funded shelters.

Slimey S. is doing his XL Bully shuffle illegally and with pit bull apologist crowd funding :/.

I get why you suggested it though.

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u/Gliese667 Loves snacks AND knows "sit"! 10d ago

Omni needs one of those AI editing tools to fix his description and make it more concise. Here, I'll help:

Omni mouthed their shirt with hard pressure

becomes:

Omni mouthed their shirt with hard pressure bit

See how much better that is?

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u/InfamousSalamander33 A Catcher in The Lie 10d ago edited 10d ago

Another absolutely moronic euphemism they like to use is “redirected”. “Pissfingers was so excited trying to put his whole asscrack head up his actual asscrack that he redirected onto the stomach of a handler” (yes I’ve taken some artistic license here but there was an advert on this same shelter’s website where they described what was obviously a bite incident with a staff member as “redirected onto the stomach of the handler”. I wish I was making that up.)

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u/[deleted] 10d ago edited 10d ago

Well actually pit bulls "redirect" all the time. They " redirect" after killing the neighbors dog onto the neighbors neck and then they "redirect" onto the rest of the household members then 1st responder unfortunate enough to get there before someone who has a big gun stops & redirects the pit bull.

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u/aw-fuck 10d ago

Or when they say something like “tries to mouth when handling the body

Okay so the dog bites when it’s touched. Got it,

Even better was one I saw where they said “attempts to [long euphemism for bite] when attempting to handle him”

So he just bites, all the time. If you’re close enough to it, it’ll bite.

I don’t understand what they think these dogs are gonna do when they’re adopted out of the shelter? Is the door frame of the building a magic passage that casts spells to make the dog act right when it leaves?

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u/StinkyCheeseGirl Pits are not pets 10d ago

Omni MOUTHED the handler! Can’t wait to see what the headlines are like when he gets adopted and mouths someone fatally.

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u/aw-fuck 10d ago

While attempting to mouth the shirt, the dog mouthed the area between the shoulders & cranium with a hard mouth, the teeth made contact & broke skin. The incident did not require medical treatment.

euphemism translator: dog fatally ripped the victim’s throat out

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u/jxsn50st 10d ago

"Omni also jumps on other staff members, with one instance of her jumping and attempting to mouth a staff members hand. The staff member moved their hand out of the way and Omni mouthed their shirt with hard pressure".

Maybe I'm just a crass philistine with little appreciation for the descriptive powers of the English language, but perhaps this behavior could also be described with just one word: the transitive verb "to bite", past tense "bit", past participle "bitten".

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u/Embarrassed_Owl4482 10d ago

“Catfished” - Pitbull version

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u/HawkeyeinDC Save Little Dogs 10d ago

Nah, I’ll keep my 13lb Havanese who won’t kill me.

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u/[deleted] 10d ago

Bet you would get shamed for buying & not adopting one of those lovely dogs from the shelter! I mean seriously why would you buy a 13 pound Havanese when you could have gotten a "wonderful" dog that pulls so hard trying to get at other dogs that he's being pulled onto his back legs! I mean seriously why would you even want a yappy little dog when you could have gotten a "velvet Hippo" like that!

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u/HawkeyeinDC Save Little Dogs 10d ago

I loudly AND proudly talk about how I bought him from a reputable breeder. And honestly, I’ve gotten zero shame for it. I think the tide is turning for the whole “adopt don’t shop” mantra because you pretty much ONLY can get pits from the shelters where I live. In a very HCOL area. And nobody actually wants that.

We did pictures with Santa at a local dog store a weekend or so ago and everyone lined up had well-behaved dogs and no pits were in sight. Rational people don’t want those demons.

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u/InfamousSalamander33 A Catcher in The Lie 10d ago

I love dogs but I couldn’t own one because I’m a germaphobe so having it in the house would make me lose my mind, and keeping a canine companion outside 24/7 would defeat the purpose of having one in the first place, but if I were to get one you best believe it would be from a reputable breeder and I would give no fucks about being shamed for it. If you’re going to share your living space with a furred friend doesn’t it make sense to get one that is bred with specific traits that suit your personality and your lifestyle? I’m sure a lot of AcTiViSts would clutch their pearls and gnash their teeth while screeching about how that’s tantamount to eugenics and I’m LiTeRaLLy HiTLeR but let’s be real. TL; DR better to get a dog from a reputable, registered breeder than take a gamble with a mutt whose “history is a mystery”. It blows my mind that ANYONE would adopt a shitbull, even if it’s a mix, of all breeds. To me that just screams “I have no survival instinct”.

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u/[deleted] 10d ago

Aww so sweet! I for one would love to see your puppy with Santa!

I like cocker spaniels personally but I like just about any dog except for pit bulls and all the variations of them.

I have a lab, my service dog. I'd love to have a little papillon but I'm disabled, my daughter does a lot of things for me already. She ends up taking care of my dog most of the time. She's going to school to become a pathologist so she's got enough work without me getting another dog!

I'm right there with you about buying dogs. I think most shelters are full of pit bulls. Animals 24/7 has some really interesting articles about the % of pit bulls in shelters.

80% of dogs are actually bought from the breeder. It's crazy how there's just so few decent dogs at the shelters. It's unfortunate that pit bull owners can't be responsible enough to have their animals fixed as well.

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u/GoldFishDudeGuy 10d ago

I think supporting reputable breeders over backyard breeders is important. Hopefully the backyard breeders will go out of business soon and only the reputable ones will be left!

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u/InfamousSalamander33 A Catcher in The Lie 10d ago

If I say what I really think about backyard breeders I’ll get banned but you can fill in the blanks. Morally bankrupt degenerates that deserve to be royally rogered by the long dick of the law.

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u/GoldFishDudeGuy 10d ago

Yeah, they're animal abusing scum bags!

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u/confused_christian94 9d ago

It's important to note too that you can also get small dogs from shelters. I got my Lhasa Apso from a shelter, and my mum recently rescued an adorable Jack Russel Terrier from a shelter too. You might have to wait a while to find the right match if you're picky about breeds, but for me it was worth it.

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u/InfamousSalamander33 A Catcher in The Lie 10d ago

Wishing your little canine friend a long, healthy and happy life far, far away from any and every shitbull

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u/HawkeyeinDC Save Little Dogs 10d ago

Thanks! He LOVES dog parks and I have one nearby and we ONLY go to the “small dog” separated portion and I keep a close eye on him. My neighborhood also has a couple pits/mixes (they’re literally everywhere these days!) and we steer VERY clear of any of them.

He’s kinda cute, too. 😘

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u/Aromatic_Soup5986 10d ago

"i live in ur walls"

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u/alizure1 10d ago

This is our Andarta. You wouldn't believe just fast she goes into protect mode if she sees a pit. We've also noticed pit nutters LOVE her. She hates them.

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u/Emerald372 10d ago

Arya is a tibetan spainel x jack russel

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u/bbygirl69420 9d ago

she is also a cutie

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u/InfamousSalamander33 A Catcher in The Lie 10d ago

Look how cute! Why would anyone want a fucking pit bull when they could have a little ewok like this instead?

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u/[deleted] 10d ago

Aww how cute!

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u/clonella 10d ago

Every one of these shelter listings should have a photo of the person who wrote the assessment and a summary of their education, work experience and dog specific training and education.This is full batshit crazy.They need to take full personal responsibility for disseminating this garbage.

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u/InfamousSalamander33 A Catcher in The Lie 10d ago

I can almost guarantee that the overwhelming majority of staff at this shibble shilling shelter are quirk chungus millennials who genuinely believe that “dog racism” is a thing and volunteer to work with these monstrosities because they think it constitutes “activism”

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u/RoddyDost Willing To Defend My Family 10d ago

I wholeheartedly agree. Being a pit advocate is basically the peak of privileged virtue signaling.

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u/aw-fuck 10d ago

The people who literally take their time to advocate for pit bulls are the epitome of “first world problems”

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u/Desinformo 8d ago

Sigh... Sadly in the 3rd world we have these kind of people too...

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u/clonella 10d ago

I really want to see them.I don't know anyone this stupid irl so I want to see the whole package for research purposes lol.

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u/[deleted] 10d ago

You can go visit any of them during visiting hours at: psychiatric hospital, also known as a mental health hospital, a behavioral health hospital, or an asylum. They're making real progress, most were found naked in the middle of the freeway wearing only a wreath of flowers!

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u/pastelpigeonprincess 10d ago

Holy shit those blank soulless eyes are terrifying

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u/InfamousSalamander33 A Catcher in The Lie 10d ago

Omni’s eyes are not just in different post codes, they’re in different hemispheres

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u/xXxBongMayor420xXx Cope, Seethe, Crate & Rotate 10d ago

"Species - Dog"

Are you sure? Can I get a fact check on that?

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u/windyrainyrain Lab mix, my ass!! 10d ago

Julius sounds like such a joy! 105 pounds of resource guarding, biting and trying to kill any other life form he sees. And, he's not even a year old yet. Surely, there will be a line out the door waiting to take him home!

Every one of these things is unadoptable and highly dangerous. If it was illegal for shelters to release these vicious liabilities to the lowlife scum that call themselves 'rescues', SO many lives could be saved every year.

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u/InfamousSalamander33 A Catcher in The Lie 10d ago

I am absolutely stumped as to how it is legal to “rehome” any animal that shows any sign of aggression, much less that with a bite history. BE should be a no brainer, especially for these revolting creatures. And 11 months is not a puppy, it’s adolescent close to adulthood. The shamelessness of these pitiots is unprecedented.

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u/Any_Group_2251 10d ago

As am I. Can local government not write law pertaining to the control of animals anymore? And who is writing all these 'Best Practices' ?

"City of Cambridge delegates authority and decision making relating to animal services to CDHS (Cambridge District Humane Society), who provide oversight of animal bylaw enforcement, investigations, rehabilitation and licensing"

Whaat? City authorities have no control of any animal control or minimum public safety standards anymore??

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u/anon-aus-42 10d ago

None of these dogs are adoptable.

They all have severe behavioural issues.

Adopting any of them is the same as allowing a mentally unstable murderer into your home.

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u/InfamousSalamander33 A Catcher in The Lie 10d ago

And the last one in the gallery has been in the shelter for almost a whole year. What a colossal waste of time, money and resources. The only way to deal with creatures like this is immediate BE as soon as they get to the shelter.

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u/Desinformo 8d ago

Just imagine...

How many good dogs and cats could've been saved in that time with those resources and effort.... All these lives wasted all so violent pibbles can live another day...

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u/OkEnd2704 10d ago

A dog that weighs 100lbs is unlikely to be properly controlled by the majority of owners. It’s also described as lunging and leash biting so that’s just an accident waiting to happen really isn’t it. Although the multiple bite history will probably mean this dog is warehoused in a shelter for even longer which is cruel.

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u/ZookeepergameDry5869 10d ago

"mouthed their shirt with hard pressure" - bite euphemism no. 1002.

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u/best-of-them 10d ago

I want them to explain to me clearly what the difference is between mouthed and bit. To me it seems like the dog was attempting to BITE the handler especially since it missed and "mouthed the shirt with hard pressure." If it were "mouthing" (stupid ass word) then it would be using light pressure, no? Why would the handler move their hand out of the way if pibble nibbles are so cute and harmless?

If this was a human child.... Becky "mouthed" her classmate with hard pressure and left a bruise on his arm. It doesn't seem cute or harmless. She bit the classmate. The dog bit the handler's shirt. Not every dog is able to be rehabilitated is an unfortunate truth.

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u/Briebird44 Vet Tech or Equivalent 10d ago

My lab GSD mix would “mouth” all the time. He had the soft lab mouth so touching things with his mouth was a known and almost expected behavioral trait. But the thing is, when he would “mouth” you, you could barely feel it. He’d never actually bite down with his teeth. I could stick my whole hand in his mouth and the worst that would happen is it would get slobbery.

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u/InfamousSalamander33 A Catcher in The Lie 10d ago

They’re probably aware that normal dogs “mouth” as per your good boy and have misappropriated it as a euphemism for biting because the sort of room temperature IQ clowns who are stupid enough to adopt a mammalian chainsaw won’t read between the lines and think that this “mouthing” is just uwu shibble nibble play behaviour when in fact it’s genuine aggression

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u/lisahanniganfan I just want to walk my dog without fearing for its life 10d ago

This needs to become illegal this is disgusting and risky

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u/FrauHoll3 10d ago

"Slams against kennel while drooling excessively"

Motherfucker that's a symptom of fucking rabies...

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u/Adooomie 10d ago

Why do these people say "mouthed" instead of bite? Is it a way if admitting the beast bites but trying to make it sound better?

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u/ScarletAntelope975 No, actually, “any dog” would NOT have done that! 10d ago

Yup. Shelters love to use lots of fancy wording to make major, dangerous behavioral issues sound cute and/or irrelevant.

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u/bittymacwrangler 10d ago

Is "owner has no time" a euphemism for "tired of dealing with a dangerous dog?"

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u/InfamousSalamander33 A Catcher in The Lie 10d ago

I think so. Another one I see a lot is “owner moving without it/has taken “no pet” place”. Like be so for real, we all know that’s not why the piece of shit was dumped.

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u/bittymacwrangler 9d ago

It's sad that many of these owners know the dog should be BE'd but won't do it. Now the dog will either languish in a shelter until they put it down or will be adopted out, only to be returned over and over again.

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u/Prize_Ad_1850 10d ago

JFC- every last one of these things needs BE… like, yesterday.

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u/bittymacwrangler 10d ago

It is awful that we insist on keeping unsafe animals alive and potentially put adopters at risk. Pets are not a "natural" thing-humans created them and in a sense, humans should stop pretending that every dog has to be saved, no matter what. The real issue is stopping people from breeding dogs in the first place that cannot live safely in our communities. Although pit bulls and similar breeds make up a small portion of the dog population, they account for almost all the dogs in shelters. This is not due to just overbreeding-it's a sign these dogs are surrendered at a rate that no other dog breed is. Great dogs do not end up in shelters.

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u/flysslys 10d ago

Wow sounds like a lovely bunch of dogs to bring into ur home!!! /s

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u/highfashionlowbudget 10d ago

Wow, this is honestly crazy. None of these beasts are suitable for adoption. It should be a liability to pass these things along to a home. I am so tired of shelters knowingly adopting out a dog that will absolutely kill someone the first chance it gets. All of these behaviours listed are concerning and dangerous, yet are being glossed over and buried under all of the dogs positive qualities - knows the “sit” command and only moderately pulls on a leash. And what’s with this “mouthing” bullshit? Just say the damn thing bites.

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u/Kimchi_Cowboy Pit Attack Victim 10d ago

So hes stranger and dog friends, but has a history of biting and attacking both.

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u/ToadArmyCommander 10d ago

It's cruel to prolong the suffering of these dogs.

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u/AndrewtheRey Victim - Bites and Bruises 10d ago

Why do we live in a world where these dogs aren’t BE’d? The answer is probably because the shelters are never held responsible for these dogs, but sheesh. It is ridiculous that they have dogs that are displaying behaviors that indicate that they literally might k1ll another animal or human, and the shelter goes around “look at this cuddle** bug 🥰”

**may actually not cuddle. Will likely bite and possibly will kill other animals or small children in the home.

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u/GuardComplex 10d ago

Just gon’ head and put that monstrous looking, unwanted beast out of it’s misery. Fuck people trying to rehome these pitbulls who have been EVICTED and rejected from their homes! I had a family dog (2, growing up), and basically every friend and neighbor had one too. Not once, not a single time was the family dog kicked out for any reason! Some of theses dogs were stupid! Some of them could escape the yard. They stayed in our homes until they turned 11, 12, 13 and died. NEVER were they such a threat to the community and owners that they needed “rehoming”. This “rehoming” shit is pitbull exclusive, and should be a chargeable offense. How dare you keep sugarcoating this behavior and endangering other people’s homes.

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u/InfamousSalamander33 A Catcher in The Lie 10d ago

I’m sure this will come as no surprise whatsoever, but most of these violent shitbeasts, according to the dickheads trying to “rehome” them, have been surrendered because the owners have either been evicted or are homeless. There’s a few that have been surrendered because the family has or is expecting a new baby (which is sensible on the owners part but should also be a massive red flag; if they don’t trust the repulsive things around children, it’s not adoptable and should be BE immediately) and the remainder are strays, but the vast majority are due to eviction and homelessness

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u/no_shirt_4_jim_kirk 10d ago

What is CIRDC?

Cardiac Intermittent Rage Diaphragm Comptroller? (I'm sure whatever it is, it'll be expensive to treat and miserable for the animal who's got it.)

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u/InfamousSalamander33 A Catcher in The Lie 10d ago

Kennel cough. So basically like a cold/flu/strep throat but for dogs

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u/[deleted] 10d ago

Canine infectious respiratory disease complex (CIRDC) AKA kennel cough. 5-10% of dogs with kennel cough will get sick enough to die but in the majority of dogs it's a mild viral disease that needs no treatment.

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u/no_shirt_4_jim_kirk 10d ago

Thanks. My best friend from high school had parents who were husky/malamute breeders/mushers and I've heard a lot of terms regarding dogs/dog breeding, but this was a new acronym for me.

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u/Blakelock82 9d ago

Each day in this sub, I'm amazed at the sheer audacity and stupidity of these monster owners and the shelters that continue to provide a safe haven for a public threat. Fucking, hell.

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u/Ok_Relationship2871 10d ago

“Mouths with hard pressure” That’s called a bite

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u/GoldFishDudeGuy 10d ago

These lies are just evil! How do these people justify this shit!?

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u/cassielovesderby I Believed the Propaganda Until I Came Here 9d ago edited 8d ago

Omni’s eyes aren’t even in the same zip code

Edit: but the way they look is not why we want them banned ✅

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u/InfamousSalamander33 A Catcher in The Lie 9d ago

Ha, I said the same thing in response to another comment downthread, they’re in different hemispheres

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u/cassielovesderby I Believed the Propaganda Until I Came Here 8d ago

LOL

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u/galaxykinks 10d ago

good luck finding a home with no kids or no other pets in fucking NYC. the people that run this shelter are delusional.

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u/TigerQueen_11 Don't worry, he's friendly! 9d ago

“ mouthed with pressure “ so many words to avoid saying “bit”.

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u/Expert_Office_9308 4d ago

So this format is a Twitter post for adoption and then the write up on the left is the shelters recommendation?

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u/InfamousSalamander33 A Catcher in The Lie 4d ago

Yes

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u/Expert_Office_9308 4d ago

I’m assuming the shelter write ups aren’t easily found.

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u/InfamousSalamander33 A Catcher in The Lie 4d ago

The links are right there in the Twitter posts