Article: Danger dogs 'in play areas'.(News)

Article: Children's play areas used to train fighting ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  September 26, 2008 ;     552 words ...Children's play areas in Birmingham are being ... as training camps for dog fighting. He said: "This is ... city's parks as crude dog fighting training camps. He ... is seen as one of the dog fighting hot spots in Britain ...

Article: Fighting dogs trained on play areas.(News)
Birmingham Mail (England);  September 25, 2008 ;     648 words ...Byline: By Adam Smith CHILDREN'S play areas in Birmingham are being used to train ... owners use the city's parks as crude dog fighting training camps. He said: "They set ... and Birmingham is seen as one of the dog fighting hot spots in Britain. Perry Barr MP ...

Article: Dog fighting remains big business in Louisiana
New Orleans CityBusiness;  November 29, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... benefit. This is the brutal reality of dog fighting. But evidence discovered in recent ... most chilling items were found at a dog fighting pit on Highland Road in eastern New ... mothers." In the past 15 years, rising dog-fighting popularity has been fueled in Louisiana ...

Article: The sick hipness of dog fighting; For too many top ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  June 17, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... about the reprehensible blood sport of dog fighting quite like the one that's going on right now. A dog-fighting operation may have been housed on ... conversation about the troubling growth of dog fighting in America. Although 48 states call ...

Article: Illegal dog fighting rings difficult to catch
University Wire;  February 18, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... 000 to 1 million people participate in dog fighting. The Great Lakes office of the Humane ... States maintains a database of reported dog fighting and arrests. Since the early 1990s ... of any arrests, this doesn't mean dog fighting doesn't happen in Portage County ...

Article: REP. SUTTON INTRODUCES LEGISLATION IN RESPONSE TO HORRIFIC ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 31, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Sutton introduced H.R. 3219, the Dog Fighting Prohibition Act, legislation to strengthen ... grand jury on charges of sponsoring a dog fighting operation. Senator John F. Kerry of ... learn the details of Michael Vick's dog fighting ring, where people tortured defenseless ...

Article: Dog fighting conviction to be appealed
Sunday Star-Times;  May 11, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Zealand to be convicted of organising dog fighting are maintaining their innocence in ... to Animals found: * A disassembled dog fighting pit and carpet flooring splattered with dog blood. * Dog fighting trophies, dog fighting magazines ...