7 Arrested in Hog and Dog Competitions

[Moloch]

ATLANTA — Law enforcement authorities arrested seven people over the weekend on animal cruelty charges stemming from "hog dogging" events, in which pit bulls or bulldogs are placed in a pen with pigs or wild boars and are timed as they pin the squealing animals with their powerful jaws.

Several raids took place in Alabama, Arizona and South Carolina; the events' organizers also were charged with animal fighting. Robert Stewart, chief of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, said more arrests were expected.

"It's bad enough to put animals of the same species against one another. Now we're staging events with different species in combat," said Wayne Pacelle, chief executive of the Humane Society of the United States. "I shake my head and am disgusted, but I am never entirely surprised."

In hog dog rodeo — also known as "hog catch trials," "hog dog trials" or "hog baiting" — a feral pig or hog is thrust into a pen. A dog then chases the hog until it forces the animal to the ground. The practice, said Casey Couturier, editor of American Bulldog Review, began 25 years ago in states with large populations of wild boars — like Texas, Louisiana and Florida — and developed into an organized competition for hunting dogs.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2026&ncid=2026&e=4&u=/latimests/20041221/ts_latimes/7arrestedinhoganddogcompetitions

[jdots]

1. sounds like history

Did "W" take up the fiddle lately ?
I am sorry but I think people that do shit like that should be doomed to work at Wall -Mart till the sun burns out.

[Cooley Hurd]

2. Sick... just sick...

These bloodsporting warpos get off on anything involving the exposition of red meat and razor teeth.

I'll never get it... never.

(...and I said that without a red state slam!;))

[Moloch]

3. Cockfighting is so barbaric and disgusting..

I can't believe that it is still legal in my state (Louisiana)...

[King Coal]

19. It's legal here in NM too.

But, mine's a lover, not a fighter.

:smoke:

[Moloch]

21. LOL

I thought you guys finally did away with it in NM? Or was that Oklahoma?
I forget.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

4. Well, this is sickening.

From the article

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In recent years, however, organizers became wary of public perception and stopped advertising openly, Couturier said. But the events still took place. "The people there would be the sheriff and the state police. They'd be running their own dogs," Couturier said.
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"If you could see the energy in the dog and see how much they enjoy working," said Holland, 32, a veterinary technician. "I know how much my dogs like catching that pig for me."
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Excuse me, but WTF is wrong with these people! Sheriff's and state police participating in this? Then there's the vet tech, that one's definitely in the wrong line of work!

[dbt]

5. Fifty years ago in places like Arkansas,

"this" would have been done out in the woods. The dog(s) would have brought the boar to bay and it would have been killed by hunters. Though tending to be tough and gamey, the meat would nonetheless have been taken for family tables.

Fifty years ago, the boar had more than an even chance; many a dog was ripped open by sharp tusks (or "tushes" as the country people called them).

Hog hunting half a century ago had a very real purpose: putting meat on the table. What is described above seems like violence for its own sake. Big difference.

:donut:
dbt
(Still In The Sticks)

[0007]

6. How come this animal and bird fighting are found in the bible belt?

Who are these people that promote this type of violent entertainment?

[QC]

17. Not just in the "Bible Belt," unfortunately.

Lots of cockfighting and dogfighting in California:

http://www.pet-abuse.com/cases/2546/CA/US/1

http://www.pet-abuse.com/cases/2405/CA/US/1

http://www.pet-abuse.com/cases/2156/CA/US/1

http://www.pet-abuse.com/cases/2158/CA/US/1

http://www.pet-abuse.com/cases/2765/CA/US/3

http://www.pet-abuse.com/cases/1312/CA/US/3

Here's an especially gruesome one from San Diego: http://www.pet-abuse.com/cases/838/CA/US/3

Wow! Cockfighting right in New York City!:

http://www.pet-abuse.com/cases/1293/NY/US/1

http://www.pet-abuse.com/cases/1302/NY/US/1

Even Massachusetts is not immune!:

http://www.pet-abuse.com/cases/1302/NY/US/1

[MSgt213]

7. People are just sick. God left us in charge? What a mistake by the big guy

[blueknight]

8. all bush voters!

[DainBramaged]

15. Moral values at their finest

And Jesus said, the rules apply to everyone but them.:(

[ET Awful]

9. So how long 'til we have slaves fighting for the glory of the emperor

in the Coliseum?

[jarab]

10. Division I college football. eom

...O...

[Turbineguy]

11. "The practice.......

..... began 25 years ago in states with large populations of republicans — like Texas, Louisiana and Florida - ......"

[Guitarman]

12. Makes me wonder...

how human beings ever got to the top of the food chain.

[OneBlueSky]

13. these people should be put into pens with pitbulls . . .

see how THEY like it . . .

[DBoon]

14. Why be so cruel to pitbulls?

They hate being stuck in a pen with a wild republican as much as we do. For example, see http://www.dogsagainstbush.com/

I think these people should be in a pen with a wild boar. Now that would be an even match

[OneBlueSky]

20. or a wild bore even . . . like maybe Ann Coulter? . . . n/t

.

[RebelOne]

16. Yes, this has been going on for a long time.

Several of them have been shut down. And the local authorities in Alabama knew it had been going on turned the other way. I have signed numerous petition to have them shut down.

[The Stranger]

18. I half expected to see some PETA bashers chiming in to say "Yum."

They're so progressive.