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Owner of Alleged Dog Fighting Operation Ordered to Pay for Dog Care - National Pet Rescue | Examiner.Com
Animals  (tags: dogfighting, pit bulls, abuse, abused, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalcruelty, animalrights, animals, animalwelfare, crime, cruelty, dogs, humans, ethics, investigation, law, pets, sadness, suffering )

Dianne Ly
- 63 days ago - examiner.com
Williams faces forfeiture of the dogs if he is unable to pay for their care. The county will then make the decision what to do with the dogs - if they can be rehabilitated, adopted or ultimately be euthanized.WHY DOES THIS MAN STILL HAVE THESE DOGS?!
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Please Tell Your Representative to Support Enhanced Enforcement of Animal Fighting Law -ACTION NEEDED!!!
Animals  (tags: dogs, animalcruelty, dogfighting, crime, animaladvocates, abuse, death )

Julie
- 138 days ago - capwiz.com
Animal fighting - whether it involves dogs or birds - is a violent crime that causes immense suffering to countless numbers of innocent animals. It is also associated with gang activity, drugs, gambling, money laundering, illegal guns, and other offenses.
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ACTION ALERT: Stamp Out Dogfighting in Newark! PLEASE SIGN !
Animals  (tags: gideon, abused, death horrendous cruelty, victim, dogfighting, laws, newark, animal legalisation )

Simone
- 609 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
The poor dog Gideon was recently dumped by the side of a road in Newark, NJ, one of the many victims of dogfighting. Although he received emergency medical treatment, his injuries were so horrific, severe and numerous, that he did not survive.
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Close Loopholes in the Federal Animal Fighting Law - Act Now
Animals  (tags: animal, legal, defense, fund, aldf, fighting, cockfighting, dogfighting, law, federal, loopholes, illegal, abuse, AnimalCruelty, animals, crime, cruelty, death, dogs, endangered, environment, ethics, habitat, humans, investigation, killed, killing, law )

Chaplain
- 668 days ago - org2.democracyinaction.org
Help make it illegal to attend or bring a minor to animal fights! Organized animal fighting operations are very difficult for law enforcement to shut down. In order to stop the sadistic animal cruelty associated with both dogfighting and cockfighting,
46 comments
ACTION ALERT: Federal Anti-Dog Fighting Intervention to Severe Gang Activity Funding & Vice! PLEASE SIGN PETITION !
Animals  (tags: dogfighters, gangs, blood sports, crime, animal cruety, dogfighting, suffering, legalisation, legalisation protection )

Simone
- 902 days ago - change.org
Gang activities are often funded by a very underground blood sport called DOG FIGHTING. By strengthening dog fighting laws to the Federal realm not limited to Interstate involvement will put a serious blow to organized crime and the illegal weapon and
48 comments
Obama Calls Eagles Owner to Congraulate Him for Signing Vick
Animals  (tags: dogs, dogfighting, vick )

Beth
- 903 days ago - sports.yahoo.com
It seems as though the leader of the free world has jumped on the Vick bandwagon. Maybe Obama should think about his own dog before he gives props to a dog murderer.
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ACTION ALERT: Thank Sponsors of HB5790 - Preventing Dog Fighting in Illinois ! PLEASE TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: laws, legalisation, penalties, dogfighting, felony, crime, animal protection laws )

Simone
- 918 days ago - change.org
Thank the sponsors of HB5790, to increases the penalty for a parent or legal guardian, who brings a person under 13 years of age to a dog fighting show, exhibition, or program, from a Class 4 to a Class 3 felony.
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Former Dogfighting 'Bait Dog' Escapes Euthanasia at Southern California Animal Shelter, Seeks New Home
Animals  (tags: bait dog, dogfighting, abandoned, rescued, safe, new home, . adoption )

Simone
- 1004 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
A German shepherd who survived life as a "bait dog" for a dogfighting operation before being abandoned on the streets of Norwalk, then narrowly avoided being euthanized at a Los Angeles County animal shelter, has been rescued and is now in the market for
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Karma's Reunion: One Year After the Largest Dog Fighting Bust in History
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, dogs, dogfighting, pets, protection, suffering, environment )

Cher
- 1071 days ago - animals.change.org
On July 10, a touching reunion took place at the Humane Society of Missouri, commemorating the first anniversary of the largest dog-fight bust in history. The bust involved eight states, where more than 500 dogs -- victims of cruelty -- were seized and
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Chicago Court Makes Dog Fighters Fund Victims' New Life
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, dogs, environment, dogfighting, cruelty, suffering, protection, pets )

Cher
- 1083 days ago - animals.change.org
When Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart, his deputies, and Chicago P.D. busted up a dog fight in November 2008, it was a gruesome scene, with two dogs injured after being forced to fight amid a crowd cheering on the brutality. The attendees included two
32 comments
Can Microchips Stop Dogfighting?
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, dogs, microchips, dogfighting, protection, environment )

Cher
- 1190 days ago - animals.change.org
Leaders in the U.K. are proposing mandatory microchipping of dogs as the latest tool to combat the rise in dogfighting
8 comments
A Tropical Paradise for Dog Fighters?
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, dogs, dogfighting, Hawaii, environment, protection, suffering, pets )

Cher
- 1216 days ago - animals.change.org
Ahhh, Hawaii. It sounds awfully appealing for those of us who've been suffering through various iterations of "Snowmageddon" these past few weeks. It's a place to kick back, work on your tan, hang out at a luau, and ... legally attend a dog fight?
14 comments
Police Initiative to Battle Dogfighting (WI) ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, dogs, AnimalWelfare, dogfighting, pets, protection, suffering )

Cher
- 1216 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Dogfighting is a real and disturbing issue in the City of Milwaukee, and both animals and citizens deserve better policing of this issue. Dogfighting is not only a violent crime, but one that is well known for being inter-related to other violent
26 comments
Prison Sentences Handed Down for 4 Missouri Men Arrested in July Dogfighting Raid
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, dogs, dogfighting, arrested, environment, pets, suffering, protection )

Cher
- 1286 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
Four Missouri men have received prison sentences for federal crimes involving dogfighting
4 comments
Can Attack Dogs Be Rehabilitated?
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, dogs, dogfighting, suffering, environment, pets, protection )

Cher
- 1296 days ago - time.com
There's something especially loathsome about torturing helpless creatures for fun and profit. And evidence of torture is what investigators found on July 8, when federal and local authorities working in teams across eight states staged the largest
10 comments
 
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