• Another article that I came across was found on http://articles.cnn.com/2007-07-18/us/dog.fighting_1_illegal-blood-sport-underground-dogfighting-magazines-animal-shelters?_s=PM:US website. This article talks about dogfighting, considering different legal issues as well as providing statistical analysis related to dogfighting business. In Wyoming and Idaho dog fighting is considered a misdemeanor while for all other states dog fighting is a felony. In some states where the dogfighting is considered a felony, it is still legal to own a fighting dog or be a spectator of a dog fighting sport. The bill was signed by President Bush in May of 2007 that strengthened the federal law by increasing jail sentence up to 3 years and a fine of $250,000. There is also a statistical data that says that in 1992, 2-3% of dogs coming into shelters were pit bulls. Today about one third of the total amount of dogs in animal shelters is made of pit bulls where about 20% of which possess marks indicating previous involvement in dog fighting sport. There is also information about the number of people involved in dog fighting, whether it is a professional or underground sport. The purpose of the article is to inform readers of the full seriousness of dog fighting providing some statistical data and qualitative analysis of the dogfighting. This article is very relevant to my topic as it supports my idea and my opinion about the dog fighting.
Monday, November 29, 2010
• When I started doing research regarding dogfighting I came across an interesting article that considers moral and financial perspectives of dogfighting. Dogfighting is a bloody sport that gathers audiences of up to 200 people who cheer and make bets from $10,000 to $100,000. Dogfighting dogs are usually American pit bulls that are specifically bred and trained. Fights usually last until one dog will not and cannot continue ending up with severe and often fatal wounds. This article also provides some statistics about dogs that are involved in this bloody sport as well as about other little animals that are used as baits for the training of fighting dogs. It also provides some legal information related to the dogfighting business and where it is prohibited. The main purpose of the article is to inform the readers of how cruel dogfighting sport is, and how important this is to stop the spread of this bloody business. The article is trying to persuade readers to be aware of its brutality which is very relevant to my topic that deals with the cruelty of dogfighting.
I love animals!
I love animals with all my heart and it is always devastating to know that an animal is hurt and suffering somewhere especially when the cause of that is not the natural selection but the consequences of human activities. I was always against any kind of animal testing or dog fighting or even when I see someone who does not treat his/her animal right. Two months ago my life became much brighter as I got a little beagle puppy Bella who is five months old now. She is such a little puppy who fully depends on and trusts to her owners who love and care about her. But there are some people out there who have a lot of dogs but not because they love them so much, but because through these dogs they are making business thus earning a lot of money on making bets on dogs fighting while their dogs are in pain, bleeding, and suffering. I don’t think I was that much against the dogfighting business as I became now. The reason behind that is maybe I have a puppy now that made me think of that or maybe I did some research and found out some devastating information…
Inhumane society!
As I have started the research regarding dogs fighting, I watched a short video of one of the numerous, unfortunately, dogfights. During and after the video I realized that I’m not only feel sad and want to cry because I know how much these dogs are hurt, but also that I am exceedingly mad on these sadists who make those dogs suffer so that I would do exactly the same thing to them. This is absolutely inhumane and not moral at all. People are breeding the dogs only for one purpose as well as train them to make them hateful and awfully aggressive and only because these people would like to get some “cash”. This still remains a mystery for me when people find it entertaining seeing dogs tearing each other apart, this is heartless. No to dog fighting!
There are some cruel and heartless people...Unfortunately
One day I came across some pictures of dogs that were involved in dogfighting sport. These pictures were not pretty which made me to see some more and thus I found some articles related to the dogfighting. Dog fighting is a cruel and extremely sadistic type of “contest” where two dogs usually American pit bull terriers, specifically bred and trained, fight each other until one of the dogs cannot or will not continue to fight. The average fight lasts for about one hour but usually it takes for about even two hours. The wounds because of the fighting are extremely severe and often even fatal. Frequently, dogs die because of blood loss, deep injuries, and infection even days after the fight. Often owners of fighting dogs use “baits” like cats, little dogs, and rabbits to train their dogs. The source of these little animals is usually “free to good home” advertisements and stealing from other places. This is very cruel and dog fighting has to be paid very close attention to thus to prevent as many fights as possible.
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