From Animal Planet: Miami Animal Police.
How can you know these dogs for 10 years, breed them and then help to wipe them out??
Fernando
Casadevall
Pitbull
Investigator
It's ironic that Fernando Casadevall is the ASU's pitbull investigator, because he and his veterinarian father bred the much-maligned dogs for a decade before it became illegal to do so in Miami-Dade County. (He jokes that he's been bitten twice by angry Chihuahuas, and never once by a pit.) Still, after a few well-publicized cases of pitbull maulings in Miami-Dade, the county passed an ordinance in 1989 outlawing the breed.
But as the door on his family's breeding business closed, another opened for Fernando at the ASU. He began cleaning cages there in 1990, worked his way up to animal control officer in 1993, and was ultimately promoted to "Pitbull Investigator" in 2001. His job now is to investigate reports of pitbull sightings, issue hefty fines and ensure that the dogs are removed from the county within 48 hours. In the process of clearing the county of the breed (an admittedly mammoth task), Fernando also hopes to clamp down on the violent and illegal dog-fighting rings that prize pitbulls for their muscular bodies and strong jaws.
