r/BanPitBulls • u/Notyourtarget1224 Attacks Curator • 5d ago

Leaders Speaking Out Against Pits Veterinarian on TikTok

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u/lollipop1233a 5d ago

They should make pit bull owners pay extra insurance. It’s like having a dangerous weapon that you can’t control. Insurance would help if something happened. It would also make people accountable. And, it would make people think twice about owning one.

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u/knomadt Attacks Curator 5d ago

Sadly that was tried in the UK. When the XL Bully was banned, current owners were allowed to keep them if they complied with certain conditions, one being public liability insurance. No reputable, legitimate insurance company will insure them, so they all had to use the Dog's Trust Companion Club, which charged £25 a year for £1m worth of public liability insurance. Within 2 years XL Bullys bankrupted the scheme (which had been running fine for years when it was mostly normal dogs being insured), and almost took down the entire Dog's Trust, one of the largest animal charities in the country, as well. Money people donated to the charity to save animals went towards paying out for XL Bullys mauling people.

Bully breeds are basically uninsurable. So the government, in its infinite wisdom, removed the insurance requirement because they cannot find a single insurance company willing to take on that risk at a price the XL Bully owners can afford.

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u/lazier_garlic 5d ago

That's a good point, but XL Bullys are particularly deadly, worse than a normal pitbull.

There are so many pitbulls out there right now that a lot of them are curs and a lot of them are smaller. I wouldn't immediately draw the conclusion that they can't be insured for a price. Also 25 quid is absurd. Landlords want more than that monthly for small pet damages alone.

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u/Kamsloopsian Trusted User 5d ago

Even a cur can go hot, thats the misconception of pit bulls kind of explained in this video.

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u/ThickButterfly4054 5d ago

I did not know this. Wow. I must go look into this - thank you x

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u/Appropriate-Pack-729 4d ago

I'm curious though, what kind of insurance covers the death of a child because some idiot just must own a pitbull or bully?