Posted: 09 Mar 2009 06:40 AM PDT

The police and RSPCA say dog fighting is on the rise and they will
tackle this. I don’t know if it’s on the increase but it
doesn’t matter to me. They should go for it! Catch the scum and
leave them to rot in jail. Give me a call and ill help shove them in a
dark cell, preferably with an axe wielding manic inside before I lock
the door on them. A little bit of Karma.
It’s a bit extreme that sort of talk and sometimes; often in
fact, people tell me I am too angry. Well newsflash people, I AM angry.
Not TOO angry as I believe no one opposed to cruelty to dogs can ever
get too angry (with very rare exceptions) but I am crazy angry at the
whole charade surrounding pit bulls and this news article
did not help:
For those who didn’t bother to read the link the story is
simple. A man has been found guilty of training two dogs for fighting.
Two dogs with scarring where found in his back yard. He was charged,
found guilty and sentenced.
The Judge is quoted as saying “”Dog fighting is so prevalent in Birmingham I have to make an example of you.”
He then proceeded to hand out 18 DAYS in prison and lifetime ban from owning animals.
All I can say is I bet the guilty party was laughing as he was led
from court. All sentences like that will do is allow this god awful
“sport” continue as other scum see all they will get is a
bit of a telling off! Why not just send him home with a grounding, or
no internet for a month? Maybe write a letter saying “I’m
sorry for being such an evil S.O.B” I think that would be as much
of an “example” as the one dished out by the court.
18 days in prison, he will do half if that. Banned from having
animals for life is all very well and good but doesn’t stop him
living in a house with dogs, doesn’t stop his wife, mother,
brother, lodger having a dog and certainly doesn’t stop him from
abusing another dog again. Where is the lengthy prison time, the hefty
fine?
This waste of space we call a person will enjoy his three square
meals a day, probably play a little pool or x box while he’s
inside. The only thing we haven’t done is send him somewhere hot
with a nice beach to relax on! Meanwhile someone will inject his dogs
with a lethal overdose of anaesthetic and watch them die . They will
die after spending probably most of their life fighting to stay alive
and the final year in “secure kennels”. They will probably
be scared half to death, muzzled, in a strange place with strange
people and try to stay awake before dying scared and alone.
Now don’t get me wrong, Im not saying these dog’s must
be saved. That’s a whole separate debate. My point is right now
these dogs, the abused dogs, the ones we claim to be protecting (good
job on that btw!) they pay the real sentence. And it seems to me that
the law is stacked against the “good guys”, be they dogs or
people.
The dog fighter gets a slapped wrist, his dogs die. However the good
owners, those with a good dog that may be a banned type, stand and
fight for their dog’s life. They act responsibly and they too can
face 6 months in prison, £5000 in fines, a criminal record and
months or years of stress and worry while they wait to see if their dog
will even survive the time its held in “police care”. One
such owner was fined £2500 because she fought for her dog to come
home and she wasn’t a dog fighter!
Its time to get real.
The DDA does not work and will not work. Many say it’s a great
way of stopping dog fighting by preventing the ownership of those dogs.
No, its not. The Animal Welfare Act covers dog fighting if we actually
bothered to enforce that properly. The only way to stop dog fighting is
to catch the freaks that do it, lock them up and throw away the key.
Unless the Courts start taking the matter more seriously the only thing
I do know for sure, is dog fighting WILL rise.

All hail this great nation of animal lovers.
Source: DogMagazine.net - the K9 Magazine blog

Get Tough on Dog Fighters, NOT Dogs!

to late to read all that Karen will revisit later

no worries kenny
:2431: i posted it but i havent read it yet either

Its a very good article

it is good innit P

Not really in the right place though is it? :thinking:

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:san41: havent read it but will tonight off out horses ect again but pmsl @u and bev :san42: :san42: :san42: :san42: