Article: Children's play areas used to train fighting dogs.(News)

Article: Fighting dogs trained on play ...
Birmingham Mail (England);  September 25, 2008 ;     648 words ... ... Smith CHILDREN'S play areas in Birmingham are ... train bloodthirsty fighting dogs, council chiefs admitted ... owners strengthen these fighting dogs' jaws by making the ... have been reports of fighting dogs in both Perry Hall ...

Article: Danger dogs 'in play areas'.(News)
Birmingham Mail (England);  September 25, 2008 ;     472 words ...CHILDREN'S play areas in Birmingham are being ... to train bloodthirsty fighting dogs, council chiefs admitted ... owners strengthen these fighting dogs' jaws by making the ... have been reports of fighting dogs in both Perry Hall Playing ...

Article: Fighting dogs get a fighting chance
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  March 9, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... pit bulls are getting a chance most fighting dogs don't. And surprisingly, animal ... that euthanasia, the fate of most fighting dogs, would still be the most humane option ... that's going to be busted. Most fighting dogs don't get to go to Best Friends ...

Article: Raid nets fighting dogs in South Holland, Ill.
Post-Tribune (IN);  July 15, 2007 ;     347 words ... ... said the seizure by his officers of 37 fighting dogs in this southern Chicago suburb was ... of these dogs, it is clear, were fighting dogs," Dart said. "They were bred to be fighting dogs." Investigators also seized a boa ...

Transcript: Raising Dogs, Fighting Dogs
NPR All Things Considered;  June 9, 2006 ;     505 words ... ... NPR) 06-09-2006 Raising Dogs, Fighting Dogs Host: MELISSA BLOCK Time 20:00 ... to live next door to people who kept fighting dogs. LAURETTA HANNON reporting: The sound ... trade and violence. We knew they were fighting dogs, but this is the first time I'd ...

Article: Man back in court on fighting dogs charge
Birmingham Mail;  March 31, 2007 ;     389 words ... ... to have kept illegal pit bull-type fighting dogs could be facing further charges, a ... yesterday facing eight counts of possessing fighting dogs without exemption. The case follows ... Thursday when another charge relating to fighting dogs was due to be put to him. During the ...

Article: Joliet cops: Man kept fighting dogs
Herald News, The (Joliet, IL);  February 3, 2005 ;     576 words ... ... morning drug raid uncovered a stable of fighting dogs in an apartment in the Fairview projects ... bulls reportedly bore the scars of fighting dogs. Police said five of the dogs were ... used as sacrificial lambs in training fighting dogs," the chief said. "In my mind ...