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__Dogfighting/ Google.com__ 1. Dog fighting is band in over 50 states 2. Most dog fights are severe, even fatal 3. Dogs die because they have loss of blood 4. There are some animals used as baite 5. There are some animals obtained through the "free to good home" advertisements 6. They put log chains on their necks to weigh them down 7. They feed them raw meat 8. They sometimes starve them of food 9. They make the dogs mean and fight them than they are mean towards little kids 10. They have strong pressure in their jaws 11. People that spectate the fight is charged with the same felony as the dog fighters 12. Young kids are at some of the events and them seeing it makes them think its ok to do 13. Illeagl drugs are often sold at these eventss 14. illeagl gambling is normal at dogfights because they wager over thousands of dollers on there faviort 15. Fireams are there also do to the large amounts of money there 16. Dog fights have been connected to other kinds of violence 17. The dogs are put into a small area with plywood walls around them 18. The american pitbull terries used in the mojority of these fights have been specifically beed and trained for fighting and are unrelenting in their attempts to overcome their opponets 19.They can make severe bruising, deep puncture wounds and broken bones with their powerful jaws 20. They have dog fights in truncks of cars so cops do not know what is going on 21. one-on-one street fights 22. Arranged by teens 23. Little/no money involved in some fights 24. Abandoned buildings 25. Some gang affiliation 26. Sophisticated dog rings(Mike Viik) __Dogfighting.com__ 27. Spectators, handlers, and referes 28. Trunk fighting gives the dogfighter and the dog more rep if they win 29. They use rope to help the dogs jaws get stronger 30. They tie the dog up and let other dogs attack it and lets people hit it with a belt to make it aggresive and mean 31. They make dogs run on tredmills so they get stronger and build up lots of wind for when they are fighting they dont get too tired 32. They use puppies no matter how old fight and let them get mean and aggreesive or they use them as baite to bigger and stronger dogs 33. They tie the dogs up on log chains and let them growl and bark at each other 34. Flirt pole- A handel with a lure attached & the dogs chase it along the ground 35. They give the dogs vitamins,supplements and drugs to condition them or incite them to fight 36. Speed, pain killers, lassix liver/iron, extract drugs 37. Hormones, solu-Delts Cortef + Dexmethazone, and antibiotics 38. Prednisone, furosemide, nitrofurazone 39. Vitamin k, cytomax, canine peak, magnesium 40. Non-prospect: dog is unqualified to fight, often neglected abandoned or killed 41. Porspect: young aggresive dog idnentified as a potentially good fighting dog 42. Roll: dogs first fight last 10mins. so the handlers can measure each animals demeanor/ 15 months old __CNN news.com__ 43. 264 people been killed by pitbulls over a 24-year period 44. "Rape stand or Breeding stand is used to immobilize female dogs for breeding purpose 45. Scratch line: is where each dog starts in the fight 46. Spring pole: is used to strebthn the dogs jaws and his bite 47. Warsh tub: dogs are warshed down to make sure they have no poisons or anything else that will harm the opposing dog 48. The training last six weeks or longer 49. The pitbulls come from England 50. Dog fighting started after the civil war 51. 3 differnt categories/ street fighting, hobbyist fighting, and professional actvity 52. street fights engage in dog fights 53. Hobbyist have one or more dogs fight in one year 54. Professionals have 50 or more dogs 55. Professionals earn money for breeding, selling, and fights 56. Professionals kill animals that are not sucessfull 57. They dont know how many people are involved yet 58. Theres over 150 registerd breeds 59. When they bite they useally dont let go 60. Little kids are the targets for fighting dogs because they are young and they are small like the baite the dogfighters give the dogs