Editing Pit bull (section)

=== In animal shelters ===
Many people consider pit bulls undesirable, making it harder for animal shelters to adopt them out.<ref name="Return">{{cite journal |last1=Powell |first1=Lauren |last2=Reinhard |first2=Chelsea |title=Characterizing unsuccessful animal adoptions: age and breed predict the likelihood of return, reasons for return and post-return outcomes |journal=Scientific Reports |year=2021 |volume=11 |issue=1 |page=8018 |doi=10.1038/s41598-021-87649-2 |pmid=33850258 |pmc=8044234 |bibcode=2021NatSR..11.8018P }}</ref> Surveys have found that animal shelter workers intentionally misidentify pit bulls to improve their adoption rates, or to avoid euthanizing them in jurisdictions where they are banned.<ref name="Misidentify">{{cite web |date=September 2014 |title=When it comes to pit bulls, animal shelter workers intentionally misidentify |url=http://newsroom.taylorandfrancisgroup.com/news/press-release/pit-bulls-in-animal-shelters |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904071314/http://newsroom.taylorandfrancisgroup.com/news/press-release/pit-bulls-in-animal-shelters |archive-date=September 4, 2015 |access-date=October 22, 2014 |work=[[Taylor & Francis]]}}</ref> Animal advocates recommend that shelters stop labeling breeds to improve pit bull adoption rates.<ref name="Return"/> Pit bulls also have higher rates of unsuccessful adoptions, and are more likely than other kinds of dogs to be returned to a shelter multiple times and eventually euthanized.<ref name="Return"/> Whether pit bull adoptions fail more often than other types of dog due to breed behavioral traits, or due to public stigma, is not known, but in general the most common reasons why shelter dog adoptions fail are behavioral problems or incompatibility with the adopter's existing pets.<ref name="Return"/>