What is a Pitbull? New Book Shows the Many Faces of Pitbulls

PHILADELPHIA - Sept. 23, 2014 - PRLog -- What is a Pitbull? New Book Shows the Many Faces of Pitbulls

By AnnaLisa Allegretti

Philadelphia, PA | September 23, 2014

Visit http://wearepitbulls.com/contact.html for contact details, review copies, photos, and author bio.

Local photographer AnnaLisa Allegretti sets out to answer the question “What Is a Pitbull?”  The answer comes from the dogs themselves in “We Are Pitbulls.” 141 dogs and 100 families came together to produce the most definitive collection to date of the visual identity of the modern “pitbull.”

Rather than focusing exclusively on purebred American Pit Bull Terriers or true “Pit Bulls,” these photos reflect the social interpretation of the “pitbull;” that short-haired, well-muscled dog that seems to exist everywhere and nowhere at once.

Some of the dogs are purebred American Pit Bull Terriers, because every Pit Bull is a pitbull, but not every pitbull is a Pit Bull. The people who own these dogs are as diverse as the dogs themselves.  This book demonstrates, once and for all, that a bad “breed” is an impossibility.

About AnnaLisa Allegretti

AnnaLisa Allegretti became interested in clarifying the hazy concept of the “pitbull” after becoming the owner of an American Pit Bull Terrier.  Through daily encounters and work with rescue organizations and shelters, it became clear that people liberally applied the “pitbull” label to an impossibly broad swath of dogs.  She now has three dogs- her original Pit Bull, a mixed-breed dog that appears to be Staffordshire Terrier and Boxer, and a dog that looks very much like a classically imagined, muscular and “tough” Pit Bull, but is in fact only 25% Pit Bull and 75% mixed breed, with the leading breed candidate being Whippet.  By showing the public just how different each “pitbull” looks from the next, she hopes to raise awareness regarding the problematic nature of legislating against a poorly defined class of dogs, many of whom are actually a collection of unrelated breeds altogether that simply looks the part.

For more information, please visit www.wearepitbulls.com.

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