Gannon Member Username: Gannon
Post Number: 9842 Registered: 12-2003
| Posted on Sunday, August 12, 2007 - 3:43 am: | |
Alert Detroit police (got your attention now, don't we?!) attempted to stop a man at 5 a.m. yesterday carrying a trophy labelled "Gamest of Show", leaving an autobody repair shop in a sparsely populated part of town. Upon further investigation, the officers found the remnants of a dogfighting operation that apparently was on-going, complete with scales and obviously trophies. Begs the question, think they are simply a franchise from Atlanta or a locally founded and funded independent?! |
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936
Post Number: 1783 Registered: 01-2005
| Posted on Sunday, August 12, 2007 - 1:14 pm: | |
Brings a curious question to mind, and I hate bringing up the race card. However, is this ugly phenenoma an afro-american thing? |
Tetsua Member Username: Tetsua
Post Number: 1304 Registered: 01-2004
| Posted on Sunday, August 12, 2007 - 1:31 pm: | |
Talk about a guilty heart
quote:When an alert Detroit cop stopped to question the man on the city's west side early today, the man dropped his prize and fled. |
Rjk Member Username: Rjk
Post Number: 797 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Sunday, August 12, 2007 - 2:37 pm: | |
http://video.google.com/videop lay?docid=-8912777734612402513 &q=dog+fighting&total=12133&st art=0&num=10&so=0&type=search& plindex=2 Here's a pretty good video about dog fighting. For the faint of heart, there are some pretty disturbing scenes. I'm baffled by the fact that people go to these events and get any kind of enjoyment from it. |
Buyamerican Member Username: Buyamerican
Post Number: 137 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Sunday, August 12, 2007 - 2:48 pm: | |
Bullfights baffle me as well. How anyone can get enjoyment out of seeing any animal maimed or killed is beyond my comprehension. |
Trying_2_stay Member Username: Trying_2_stay
Post Number: 33 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Sunday, August 12, 2007 - 3:01 pm: | |
Rjk that made me cry and sick to my stomach. This answers Ray1936's question though. This is not just about black and white, you see here it goes on in suburbia too. |
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936
Post Number: 1785 Registered: 01-2005
| Posted on Sunday, August 12, 2007 - 3:06 pm: | |
Yeah, answers my question. These are a bunch of sick people. |
Themax Member Username: Themax
Post Number: 827 Registered: 09-2005
| Posted on Sunday, August 12, 2007 - 4:11 pm: | |
Yes, that's sick. I think watching two men beat each other up until one falls over pretty sick too. And are the "tough man" bouts still around? |
Michmeister Member Username: Michmeister
Post Number: 218 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Monday, August 13, 2007 - 11:37 am: | |
Boy oh boy, that is as about as low as you can go. Just one of those things that leaves your head numb. |
Barnesfoto Member Username: Barnesfoto
Post Number: 3943 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Monday, August 13, 2007 - 11:53 am: | |
dogfighting is sick, as is paying hundreds of dollars for "designer" dogs while perfectly good mutts are gassed weekly at America's Animal Shelters. |
Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell
Post Number: 4071 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Monday, August 13, 2007 - 12:25 pm: | |
The following is unfortunately a bit gross, but just in case anyone has any doubts about the cruelty of this sport and maythink 'it doesn't happen here',consider this poor dog that I once found dumped in an alley.
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Bumble Member Username: Bumble
Post Number: 302 Registered: 11-2004
| Posted on Monday, August 13, 2007 - 12:34 pm: | |
quote:Barnesfoto Member Username: Barnesfoto Post Number: 3943 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Monday, August 13, 2007 - 11:53 am: ------------------------------ ------------------------------ -------------------- dogfighting is sick, as is paying hundreds of dollars for "designer" dogs while perfectly good mutts are gassed weekly at America's Detroit's Animal Shelters. Detroit uses gas because it's cheap and because ideas about the humane treatment of animals don't percolate upward in this town. |
Tkshreve Member Username: Tkshreve
Post Number: 115 Registered: 07-2006
| Posted on Monday, August 13, 2007 - 1:48 pm: | |
It would be interesting to really know what the city is doing to curb this injustice upon animals. Michael Vick is going to be made a great example of, but I still don't think that the people in the shadows are held to a serious consequence. Article after article on this issue always tells the same story about how the remnants of a dog fight were found, or young pups were found, or a training/demonstering facility was found. I am surprised Hillary Clinton and others are not on a war path to nail people to the wall. It's too bad because I would like to see these people pay dearly. Not just a fine. A detroit (honor system) fine at that. Does anybody have info on Dog Fighting penalties and sentences? |
Tkshreve Member Username: Tkshreve
Post Number: 116 Registered: 07-2006
| Posted on Monday, August 13, 2007 - 1:52 pm: | |
On a similar note, it is tough to watch the Animal Police shows that air on Animal Planet. They are always showing episodes in Detroit, but unfortunately there is little that these <amber-light-security> officers can do other that write tickets. KUDOS to them for taking a job which probably pays them very little for a job that is worth 100 times its' pay in platinum. This world is so backwards sometimes. next months topic -- Teachers |
Bumble Member Username: Bumble
Post Number: 305 Registered: 11-2004
| Posted on Monday, August 13, 2007 - 2:10 pm: | |
quote:It would be interesting to really know what the city is doing to curb this injustice upon animals. Nothing. |