

Misidentified & Misunderstood: How Breed Labeling is Failing Shelter Dogs


They wag their tails, lick your face, and ask for nothing but love — yet thousands of dogs are dying in shelters each year, not because they’re aggressive, but because they’ve been mislabeled. More often than not, the label reads “Pit Bull” — a term that has become a death sentence in many parts of the country. The reality? Many of those dogs are not Pit Bulls at all. They're Staffordshire Bull Terriers,