AR-News: (US CO) Hard times hit pit bull look-alikes

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MaxFund Animal Adoption Center medical director Dr. Bill Suro says that if 
MaxFund resident Malcolm had ended up at the pound, he would have been 
euthanized for his resemblance to a pit bull.



Hard times hit pit bull look-alikes 
By Rebecca Jones, Rocky Mountain News
March 29, 2004 
Veterinarian Dr. Bill Suro, medical director at the MaxFund Animal Adoption 
Center, has never seen a mixed-breed pit bull arrive at his shelter, let alone 
a full-blooded pit bull terrier.
Of course, he's seen lots of "boxer mixes" and "American bulldog mixes," 
which bear an astonishing resemblance to pit bulls. But a pit bull? No, he's never 
seen one. And as long as Denver has a ban on the breed, and as long as city 
animal-control officials euthanize all dogs they suspect are pit bulls or pit 
bull mixes, Suro isn't likely to see one.
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