Step 1 : Introduction to the question "7. Even today, pit bulls are being used as combatants in dog fights. Which is *not* a reason that some owners give for continuing dogfighting?"
...1. To continue tradition 2. Because the dog is bred to fight 3. The dogs enjoy it 4. It keeps the dogs in touch with their feminine side There is no reason that dogs should be allowed to fight, let alone encouraged to do so. It is cruel and inhumane, and encourages cruelty and violence in the human beings who participate in or watch this brutal "sport." The fighting itself is animal abuse of the most heinous variety, but the practice also encourages owners to think of these sentient creatures as "things" and perpetrate other gross cruelties upon them--such as starvation (to make the dogs more "eager" to fight), ear cropping done without a trained professional, horrendous living conditions, etc.
