We have 3 dogs, a pit bull terrier and her 2 daughters whose father was an American Pit Bull. They're the sweetest dogs you'll ever meet. One of the sisters is mine, and since I left for college, my parents gave me an ultimatum to find a place that I could have my dog or give her up for adoption. I thought that the most humane thing to do would be to give her up to the Humane Society since I won't live anywhere with the big backyard that she deserves for years. Well, like cristina, the receptionist informed me that she would be immediately euthanized. I absolutely do not understand this. They told me that the pit bull breed-- even mixes are not suitable to adopt out to families. Then why does the Austin Humane Society adopt them out? Does their no-kill chapter have more compassion than ours? Why do their eyes see that not all pit bulls are killers, but Houston's don't? Thankfully I was able to convince my parents to keep her for me, otherwise her fate would have been bleak at any Ho
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