Dog Fighting

Dog fighting involves 2 dogs that are specifically bred and raised to fight. Dog fighting is a game that sick people play and bet on the dog that they think will win. People put the dogs in a small arena that is usually made of ply wood. Then the dogs fight each other for an average of 1and a half hours to 2 hours long until one dog can no longer fight. One of the dogs is the winner, however, both dogs usually end up dieing due to their severe injuries from the fight. The people watching the 2 dogs fight for their lives must have a brain disorder because they find enjoyment in watching the dogs try to kill each other.

A recent dog fighting case happened in 2007. It involved the NFL quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons Michael Vick. The police found about 60 dogs and a dog fighting ring on one of his properties in Virginia. The police had to confiscate all of the dogs that he used for the fights and Michael Vick along with his 3 accomplices were sentenced to jail for 23 months. Michael Vick and his friends used those 60 dogs to make money by having people come to watch the dog fight and place bets. Some of the dogs that were confiscated had to be euthanized due to severe infection from previous fights. These dogs were treated like an object rather than a living animal. Dogs that are used for fighting are trained to be killers from a very young age. They don't know a different way of life and are sentenced to a life of pain with no love.

This video shows the brutality of dog fighting- please don't ever go to a dog fight.