Pit Bull "type" dog attack - but is it?!

A BBC News report from yesterday:
Kennel worker mauled by two dogs

Apparantly "mauled by 2 pit bull type dogs"

And today:
Attack dogs not illegal breeds

The dogs were "American bull dog and mastiff cross breeds". But why even bring "pit bull type dogs" into it from the beginning??

Because it's the usual sensationalist headlines to get peoples attention. If they reported every dog bite I would bet that the majority of them were by small terriers i.e. westies :smt002
Becky

I heard it on 2 local radio stations this morning...1st one said

"2 pitbull type dogs!

2nd one said

"2 American bullmastiff crosses, that are legal".

It riles me up, just get the damn breed right!
s there even such thing as an american bullmasitff!!

Pretty serious case , surely she did'nt know they were this dangerous, you would'nt put yourself in that position if you knew.

Pit types don't actually have to have pitbull in them though do they

No, quite right they dont. "type" being the keyword. But it does appear to have been a presumption by the media (yet again) also I wouldnt have thought this particular cross would come across as PIT "type"?

Obviously I havent seen them

OMG we used to kenel our previous dog goldie there, Mr gannaway-jones who owned it breeds labs there aswell, the kennels were great and goldie used to try and go back with him!!!!

what a shocker!!!

and bl***y typical of headlines if it were a ****zu or some other small type it wouldnt have even made the LEP!!!!