Essay On Dogfighting

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Dogfighting
“Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more”(christie). When dogs get hurt they go hide from people till they feel better. They don’t want people to see them hurt. Dogs are very smart and don’t want their owners to see they are in pain for some reason they just don’t want their owners to worry about it.Dog fighting forces dogs into cruel behaviors and needs to be stopped. …show more content…

Finally, the different levels of dogfighting. “Street Fighters” engage in dog fights that are informal street corner, back alley, and playground activities. Street fighting is less structured and serves more as a status symbol for people who take part.Many of the dogs are bred to be a threat not only to dogs but to people as well with tragic consequences. “Street” fights are often associated with gang activity. This activity can be difficult respond t unless its reported immediately. “Hobbyist fighters” are more organized with one of more dogs participating in several organized fights a year as a sideline for both entertainment to attempt supplement income. They pay more attention to care for the breeding of their dogs and more likely to travel across state lines for events. “Professional dogfighters” often have large numbers of animals as many as 50 and earn money from breeding, selling, and fighting dogs at central locations and on the road. Professional dogfighting is a highly organized subculture, made up of secretive groups where theres is large amounts of money change hands.Unlike professional dogfighters both professionals and hobbyists of today may dispose dogs that are too human aggressive for the pit by selling them to street fighters who are looking for an aggressive dog. Dogfighting has its own set of code words like campaign is a fighting dogs career, a champion is a dog who has won three fights and a convention is a large dog fighting event sometimes with activities like music and food. They have others ones as well. There terms used to disguise what they 're talking about.the code words also indicate that a dog fighter is part of an exclusive