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• Dark Void gameplay video shows aerial dogfighting

  
  Video Games Blogger — Authority: 444
  Capcom has updated the masses with an intense dog-fighting trailer for Dark Void, their third-person aerial/vertical 3rd-person shooter which releases for Xbox 360 and PS3 on January 22, 2010. The video is insanely impressive, showing off the aerial combat in the game and the way that you can fly around like ...
  4 days ago

• Jury wants 10-year sentence for dogfighter

  
  ohmidog! — Authority: 553
  A jury in Richmond has found Richard E. Robinson guilty and recommended a 10-year prison sentence — the longest prison term in Virginia’s history for a dogfighting conviction. The jury deliberated two hours yesterday to reach its verdict, only 40 more minutes before coming back with a recommendation of 10 years ...
  5 days ago

• “Bait Dog” Left for Dead Slowly Recovering

  
  For the Love of the Dog — Authority: 426
  This sweet little pitbull girl was found curled in a ball, covered in scars and open wounds, whimpering and shivering beside a wooded area next to Smithfield Road near Turtle Park Parkway. She had makeshift sutures where someone had attempted to close wounds and her ears where close cropped. Lieutenant Alan Borgal, ...
  5 days ago

• The five best states to be an animal abuser

  
  ohmidog! — Authority: 553
    Hawaii, Idaho, Kentucky, Mississippi, and North Dakota are the five best states in the country to be an animal abuser — making them the five worst states in which to be an animal. Based on an analysis of more than 3,800 pages of statutes, a new report  by the Animal Legal Defense Fund recognizes the states ...
  5 days ago

• Bait and switch

  
  For the Pit Bulls — Authority: 494
  If you find an American Pit Bull Terrier covered in more than 60 bite wounds, some old, some new - what do you assume? A) Dog was fought; B) Dog was used as bait; C) Dog got into a lot of fights D) Other (please describe)____________ The Animal Rescue League of Boston (where pit bulls must be muzzled, by the way) ...
  6 days ago

• Quick Updates on a Few Cases

  
  For the Love of the Dog — Authority: 426
  Here’s some updates on a few cases that I’ve previously covered; we’ve got a small measure of justice, some potential justice and what will probably amount to a slap on the wrist but at least justice in a guilty verdict.Dogfighting Ring at Daycare CenterJimmy Lovell and the Little Brown Dog DraggingSenior ...
  1 week ago

• Could it be?

  
  To.Be.Thode — Authority: 127
  Many years ago, I dated someone who grew up in a rural part of Missouri. We went to visit his mom once and I was lucky enough (cough*notsomuch*cough) to meet his friends. Little did I know that I was soon to be walking into a situation that would give me nightmares for years to come. We went to visit his friend ...
  1 week ago

• New Season Of DogTown

  
  Vegan Soapbox — Authority: 134
  Ring in the New Year with a new season of DogTown starting Friday, January 1, at 10 p.m. ET/PT on the National Geographic Channel.  The hit series returns with 10 new episodes that follow the rehabilitation of abandoned, neglected and misfit dogs at DogTown , the last-hope refuge that’s part of the Best Friends ...
  1 week ago

• It should have been 18 years to life

  
  Letters to the Editor — Authority: 139
  The judge who recently sentenced several men who had pleaded guilty for dog fighting got it wrong. It should have been 18 years to life, not 18 months for these despicable crimes. We should amend the criminal law to protect animals…
  1 week ago

• Slap on the Wrist Sentences for Dogfighters!

  
  For the Love of the Dog — Authority: 426
  For men who were arrested and charged in connection with the largest multistate dogfighting raid in US history were convicted in federal court and sentenced to prison time. Teddy Kiriakidis, 50, of Leasburg, Ronald Creach, 34, of Leslie, Michael Morgan, 38, of Hannibal, and Robert Hackman, 56, of Foley were all ...
  1 week ago

• Four Missouri dogfighters sentenced to prison

  
  ohmidog! — Authority: 553
  A federal judge in St. Louis sentenced four Missouri men who admitted taking part in a multi-state dogfighting ring to more than a year of prison each today. “These dogs were subjected to the kind of cruelty that is sometimes unspeakable for the purpose of entertainment,” U.S. District Judge Carol Jackson said ...
  2 weeks ago

• Michael Vick Some Kind of Hero

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 567
  Travel deep in the back woods and you may find people betting on dog fights. Unfortunately, this practice has been going on long before the Vick fiasco without any investigations, convictions or two year sentences being handed out either. Vick will be the first one to tell you, he knew better. Millions of dollars in ...
  2 weeks ago

• A Tale of American Redemption in One Sentence: Michael Vick [Sigh]

  
  Gawker — Authority: 862
  "The boos turned to cheers when Vick scored on a 5-yard run in the third quarter for his first touchdown of the season." [ AP via NYT ]
  2 weeks ago

• This dog is dead

  
  For the Pit Bulls — Authority: 494
  While the largest dog fighting raid in history has received well-deserved national attention, including coverage in TIME magazine , the death of seven of 12 confiscated dogs went practically unnoticed in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The dogs were rescued in November from the property of Ruben Hedgemon, all in varying ...
  2 weeks ago

• Are you ready for some football…or just a weird story that mixes football, Michael Vick, and Atlanta race relations?

  
  Peach Pundit — Authority: 585
  This weekend the Philadelphia Eagles come to Atlanta to take on the Falcons . Among the former is Michael Vick . Ho-hum, I say, and good luck to all. Not Andrew Young, who calls Vick “a historical figure,” and not just for his felony convictions. It’s all in a very curious story from the sports ...
  2 weeks ago

• Michael Vick returns to Atlanta this week…not that anyone cares.

  
  The Scores Report - The National Sports Blog — Authority: 540
  What’s great about the majority of sports fans (and maybe the American public in general) is that we have short attention spans. For weeks, a topic can be talked about and debated on sports blogs ad nauseum, then a few months later it’s almost like the situation never happened. Take Michael Vick for example. ...
  2 weeks ago

• 500 Dogs, 3 Magazines, and a Look at How Far Weve Come

  
  KC DOG BLOG — Authority: 513
  Over the weekend, I received in the mail my copy of Time Magazine. In the magazine was an article  -- entitled " Can attack dogs be rehabilitated " -- about the 500 dogs, mostly pit bulls, that were seized earlier this year in what has been called the largest dog fighting bust in history. As a part of the bust ...
  2 weeks ago

• Article Title Unknown

  
  A Large Regular — Authority: 474
  Dog Fighting and Language Not sure why I started thinking about this but it occurred to me that many phrases that have their roots in dog fighting have worked their way into everyday legitimacy. For examples: The phrase "I dont have a dog in this fight". The saying "Its not the size of the dog in the fight - its ...
  2 weeks ago

• Michael Vick says he would like a dog

  
  ohmidog! — Authority: 553
  Michael Vick told a gathering  of children in New Jersey that he would like to have a dog. “I wish I could have a dog right now more than anything in the world,”  the convicted dogfighter and Philadelphia Eagles quarterback told  children at the Boys and Girls Club of Newark. A federal court judge banned ...
  2 weeks ago

• Oreo’s Law

  
  Animal Blawg — Authority: 472
  Christopher Cuomo In June 2009, I was deeply saddened to learn that a fellow New Yorker threw his pit bull (Oreo) off the roof of a building. Despite the horrendous act I was happy to hear that the owner was being prosecuted and Oreo was recovering. In November 2009, after Oreo had made a full physical ...
  3 weeks ago

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