Article: Fighting dogs get a fighting chance

Article: Fighting dogs trained on play areas.(News)
Birmingham Mail (England);  September 25, 2008 ;     286 words ......being used to train bloodthirsty fighting dogs, council chiefs admitted today...These owners strengthen these fighting dogs' jaws by making the poor dog clamp...them. There have been reports of fighting dogs in both Perry Hall Playing Fields...

Article: Racist gang breeds killer dogs from inside prison walls.(Foreign News)
The Independent (London, England);  February 2, 2001 ;     668 words ......breed the world's most ferocious fighting dogs as part of a canine arms race...remote north California farm as fighting dogs or guard dogs for members of the...animal, began crossbreeding the fighting dogs with mastiffs, which can weigh...

Article: Racist gang breeds killer dogs from inside prison walls
The Independent - London;  February 2, 2001 ;     670 words ......breed the world's most ferocious fighting dogs as part of a canine arms race...remote north California farm as fighting dogs or guard dogs for members of the...animal, began crossbreeding the fighting dogs with mastiffs, which can weigh...

Article: Police discover what they suspect is training ground fot fighting dogs: Officers found animals tied with chains that kept them from food, water
Charleston Daily Mail;  August 30, 2007 ;     562 words ......wanted to wait and speak with DiGiorgi before taking her dogs in, but she did not return home for at least four days. He then removed four dogs from the home. He said two dogs were so tangled in their chains that they couldn't get...Kanawha-Charleston Animal Shelter although Carte said the dogs ...

Article: Vicious dogs 'trained on playgrounds' CRIME: Parks used as animal boot camps.(News)
Birmingham Mail (England);  September 25, 2008 ;     271 words ......being used to train bloodthirsty fighting dogs, council chiefs admitted today...These owners strengthen these fighting dogs' jaws by making the poor dog clamp...removed. There have been reports of fighting dogs in both Perry Hall Playing Fields...

Article: Dogs put through hell by bloodthirsty fighting rings; GEMMA MURRAY.(Features)
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  August 6, 2003 ;     580 words ......assisted the charity to seize three fighting dogs from Tigers Bay in north Belfast...are more than 40 fully-trained fighting dogs in Northern Ireland - with another...training. The USPCA has seized 19 fighting dogs in the last three years and has...

Article: USPCA crackdown on barbaric sport 12 fighting dogs seized in raid
Belfast Telegraph;  January 10, 2006 ;     246 words ...More fighting dogs have been recovered by the...Northern Ireland, and four other dogs were seized during the searches...brings the total number of dogs impounded to more than 150...USPCA said: "A total of 16 dogs were taken from a farm outside...last week. Twelve of the dogs were ...

Article: DOGS KILL BOY, 6, IN SCHOOL PLAYGROUND; Fighting beasts go wild.(News)
The Mirror (London, England);  June 27, 2000 ;     316 words ......six was bitten to death by two fighting dogs who brought terror to a school...to be used often by owners of fighting dogs to stage their cruel contests...spate of attacks by specially-bred fighting dogs. Two months ago, five people were...

Article: Save your tears - safety trumps salvation of fighting dogs.(Local)
The Virginian Pilot;  August 26, 2007 ;     439 words ......and boo-hooing over the fate of fighting dogs taken from Michael Vick's property...attacked by the females. Seems fighting dogs can't breed in ordinary ways without...born, they were trained to be fighting dogs. Carletti rejected the fanciful...

Article: 37 fighting dogs seized, many hurt; Most ever in state; man awaits felony charges
Chicago Sun-Times;  July 14, 2007 ;     332 words ......of mangled and neglected dogs. What the Cook County Sheriff...was the largest seizure of fighting dogs in state history and the...States. Officers rescued 37 dogs from a heavily insulated...atrocious. Though a few of the dogs barked, neighbors said they...doors facing a wall, and some ...

Article: The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va., Kerry Dougherty column: Save your tears - safety trumps salvation of fighting dogs.(Column)
Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA);  August 26, 2007 ;     512 words ......and boo-hooing over the fate of fighting dogs taken from Michael Vick's property...attacked by the females. Seems fighting dogs can't breed in ordinary ways without...born, they were trained to be fighting dogs. Carletti rejected the fanciful...

Article: Joliet cops: Man kept fighting dogs
Herald News, The (Joliet, IL);  February 3, 2005 ;     386 words ......drug raid uncovered a stable of fighting dogs in an apartment in the Fairview...bulls reportedly bore the scars of fighting dogs. Police said five of the dogs...sacrificial lambs in training fighting dogs," the chief said. "In my mind...

Article: FIGHTING DOGS IN DOWNSTATE RAID PUT TO DEATH.(CAPITAL REGION)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  May 13, 2004 ;     272 words ......was sent to prison from Orange County, nearly a dozen fighting dogs were being put to death the past two weeks at the Animal...money, Willard said, is in the sale and breeding of fighting dogs. Once a dog has proven itself, stud fees can reach...

Article: POLICE: TAPE SHOWS DOGS URGED TO FIGHT; NOT SO SAYS SYRACUSE MAN IN FILM. HIS FOUR PIT BULLS WERE SHOT BY OFFICERS AUG. 14.(Local)
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  September 2, 2006 ;     485 words ......Syracuse man accused of keeping fighting dogs shows the man apparently exhorting...roll Friday. The video shows dog fighting, dogs being encouraged to fight, dogs...interrupted for dogs to be considered fighting dogs, Sgt. Tom Connellan, police spokesman...