80 dogs seized in Ind. raids linked to fighting

Authorities have seized about 80 pit bulls during raids at two southern Indiana sites suspected of breeding and training dogs for illegal fighting.

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Suspected Fighting Dogs Seized in Ariz.

Sheriff's deputies arrested a half-dozen people and seized about 150 dogs Tuesday in capping a yearlong investigation into a major breeding operation for dog fighting.

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BBC Exposes Dog Fighting in Ireland

A star of Ireland's Gaelic football league was exposed Thursday as a director of an illegal dog-fighting club, an underground gambling activity that has wrecked the reputation and career of Atlanta Falcons football player Michael Vick.

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Dog Town returns in 2010!!!

Season premiere of DogTown Dogfight Friday, January 1 10 p.m. ET/PT Featuring Cherry and Georgia the Vicktory dogs

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Cartoonist Berkeley Breathed, famous for the "Bloom County" and "Opus" cartoon strips, credits a photo he saw in the New York Times of a dog seized from Michael Vick's property, along with a quote from another source, as the inspiration for his new book.

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A Hillsborough County woman Celena was found guilty Tuesday of five counts of dog fighting and faces up to five years for each count according to Hillsborough County Animal Services.

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This could be one of the worst opinion pieces I have ever read. William Rhoden of the NY Times attempts to compare Jackie Robinson's travails as the first African-American MLB player to Vick and implies that racism might be involved because he hasn't been signed by an NFL team.

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Should An NFL Team Sign Michael Vick?/Should Vick Still Be In Prison?

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update: they have all been killed, even the puppies, as a result of the judge's order. What barbarian animal hating monsters, down in the Tarheel state.

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Since being rescued 20 months ago from the dogfighting ring financed by Michael Vick, all but a few of the abused pit bulls have been recovering in sanctuary, foster care and adoptive homes. Now even the most traumatized of them can have a happy new year.

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HOUSTON — The two undercover agents were miles from any town, deep in the East Texas countryside, following a car carrying three dogfighting fanatics and a female pit bull known for ripping off the genitals of other dogs.

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Caution: Contains very disturbing and graphic images!

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The LAPD's Animal Cruelty Task Force--a group formed three years ago--announced today a successful break up of a profitable dog fighting ring in South LA.

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Police found one dog crouching in the corner so badly injured that it had to be carried away on a stretcher, and authorities do not expect it to survive. The other dog was taken to a local shelter.

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Please allow me to introduce everyone to Daddy Yankee, whose endorsement has thrilled John McCain! Daddy Yankee apparently first went to the Obama campaign with his offer of an endorsement but wisely the Obama campaign vetted Daddy Yankee and turned him down...when you watch thi …

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Dogfighting in Britain is soaring, with animal welfare charities reporting a huge rise in dogs being treated for wounds and a surge in the number of people attacked by breeds used as weapons by their owners.

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Brutus the Rottweiler disappeared recently from Pompano Beach. A friendly German shepherd named Pancho went missing from Miramar in January. And in December, a spunky Great Pyrenees puppy vanished from her Tequesta home.

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Suspended Atlanta Falcons star Michael Vick is back on the football field, but his paycheck has gone from millions per year to less than 15 cents an hour. ...the jailed NFL player is the quarterback of his football team at the United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kan....

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Among the most common dogs used in fighting, pit bulls often end up in animal shelters because they are overbred and some of their owners are more interested in the dogs' tough image than in caring for a pet, according to several animal workers.

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Rashaun Rucker, an award winning Free Press photographer puts together a photo journal about the horrific sides of pit bull dog fighting and the effects it has on both the dogs and people.

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Ultimate fighting was once the sole domain of burly men who beat each other bloody in anything-goes brawls on pay-per-view TV. But the sport often derided as "human cockfighting" is branching out.

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Police found the bodies of two pit bulls in trash bags behind a college and also rescued 15 caged dogs, some scarred and emaciated, at a house with a dogfighting pit in the basement.

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The apparent target of Sunday's attack, Jan, was the provincial police chief in Kandahar in the early 1990s and was the only commander in the province to stand up against the Taliban during its rule, said Khalid Pashtun, a parliamentarian who represents Kandahar.

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Ellen doesn't look like a top-fighting dog. She wags her tail and gives kisses to anyone who greets her. But the deep scars on her face are permanent reminders of her difficult and violent past.

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His back resting comfortably against her chest, Hector nestles his massive canine head into Leslie Nuccio's shoulder, high-fiving pit bull paws against human hands.The big dog -- 52 pounds -- is social, people-focused, happy now, it seems, wearing a rhinestone collar in his new h …

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NEW YORK - Roddy White and four other Atlanta Falcons were fined by the NFL for violating uniform regulations with tributes to Michael Vick during last week's Monday night game.

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"I have been talked about and ridiculed on a day to day basis by people who really don't know Michael Vick the human being. They only knew the football player which is unfair," Vick said in a handwritten letter released this week.

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