Transcript: Raising Dogs, Fighting Dogs

MELISSA BLOCK
All Things Considered (NPR)
06-09-2006
Raising Dogs, Fighting Dogs

Host: MELISSA BLOCK
Time 20:00-21:00 PM


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MELISSA BLOCK, host:

For a year and a half, commentator Lauretta Hannon lived on the east side of Savannah, Georgia. She loved her neighborhood, but finally sold her house because she couldn't bear to live next door to people who kept fighting dogs.

LAURETTA HANNON reporting:

The sound of the pit bull killing the puppy almost made me throw up. The crowd was thrilled. Kids, parents and old men pressed against the fence for a better view. A father hoisted his toddler in the air so that she could see, too.

My neighbors were dog fighters. They were trying to ...

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