Activists & owners call the dogs “pitbulls”

"Pitbull" in use by the 966,000-member r/pitbulls subreddit.

Activists often claim that there is No Such Breed as pitbull in an attempt to discredit BSL and public health advocates. However, among one another, this is what they call the dogs.

Examples

"Pitbull awareness, education, love." (Description of the r/pitbulls subreddit—an Internet forum with 966,000 members.)