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, amongst one another, this is how they refer to the dogs.

Examples

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