Historical articles ::
Historical articles examining pit bulls and their victims dating back to 1896.
- The Enduring Agony of a Pit Bull Rampage, by Carolyn Starks and John Keilman, The Chicago Tribune, August 13, 2006.
- Mau-Mauing the Dogcatcher, by Jonah Goldberg, Slate, March 11, 1999.
- Scared of Pit Bulls? You’d Better Be!, by Brian C. Anderson, City Journal, Spring 1999.
- Pit Bulls: Foes, Fanciers Agree Dogs Are a Breed Apart, by Gary Wilkes, The Mesa Tribune, July 26, 1987.
- The Pit Bull: Friend and Killer, by EM Swift, Sports Illustrated, July 27, 1987.
- Time Bombs on Legs, by David Brand, Scott Brown and D. Blake Hallanan, Time Magazine, July 27, 1987.
- Pit Bulls: Born Killers Or Trustworthy Pets?, by Jill Young Miller, Sun Sentinel, July 19, 1987.
- Series of Pit Bull Attacks Stirs a Clamor for Laws, by Peter Applebome, New York Times. July 12, 1987.
- An Instinct for the Kill, by Michelle Green, People, July 6, 1987.
- A Boy and His Dog in Hell, by Mike Sager, Rolling Stone, July 2, 1987. Republished in Wounded Warriors by Mike Sager, Da Capo Press, Oct 7, 2008.
- A Breed Apart: Pit bulls Have Killed 12 People Since 1982, by Fred Baylon, Syracus Herald-Journal, December 31, 1985.
- Please, No More of That Garbage About the Gentle Pit Bull, Sun Sentinal, July 21, 1985.
- Pit Bulls: Part Terrier, Part Terror, by Leon Daniel, Chicago Tribune/United Press International, May 15, 1985.
- Pit Bulls -- Family Pets and Fierce Fighters, by Tom Greeley, Los Angeles Times, July 25, 1982.
- Pit Bulldogs: Fighters with a Bad Reputation, by Lou Parris, Rock Hill Evening Herald, September 23, 1981.
- Pit Bulls: Fighters to the Death, by George Bryson, Anchorage Daily News, June 27, 1979.
- Leroy’s Revenge, by Gary Cartwright, Texas Monthly, August, 1975.
- Part I: Doretta Zinke, 39, Killed by 9 Pit Bulls (1945), Part II: Doretta Zinke and Part III: Doretta Zinke, by DogsBite.org, 2008.
- Banish Bulldogs, Says Mr. Gordon, by Fulton R. Gordon, The Washington Herald, September 29, 1911.
- Bulldogs Are Dangerous, The Evening Standard, August 4, 1911.
- 1909 Dog Bite Fatality: John P. Colby's Fighting Pit Bull Kills Nephew, by DogsBite.org, 2010.
- Part I: The Story of Harry Acklam, Murdered by Two Pit Bulls in 1896, by DogsBite.org, 2011.
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