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Despite being illegal in all states, dog fighting made a comeback in the 80s, and the Pitbull is the dog of choice. Sparking the image and bad reputation problem that Pitbull's have today.
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Starting in the 1980s, a series of dog attacks and misuse of Pitbull's relating them to dog fighting, drug dealing, and prostitution sparked the discussion and issuing of Pitbull bans around the United States. -
A Pitbull guarding a marijuana crop in California mauled and killed a two-and-a-half year-old boy.
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Tijeras, New Mexico, just outside of Albuquerque, passes the toughest Pitbull ban of the time, allowing animal control officers to seize and destroy them on sight without compensation to the owner -
A citywide ban on owning pit bulls was enacted in Denver, Colorado after 20 people were attacked by Pitbull's in five years leading up to the ban, of those 20 people was a 3 year old who died from an attack in 1986. -
Gumdrop, the Pitbull, was the first Pitbull to be adopted in over 30 years. -
Dayton Newport council members voted 4-2 to lift its ban on Pitbull's, after 15 years of the citywide ordinance passed in 2006. -
After 15 years, Overland Park unanimously repeals the ban on Pitbull's.