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BBC Panorama programme exposes the truth about dogfighting.  The broadcaster is to be commended for the resources expended and risks taken to compile a programme that left viewers in no doubt about the barbarity of dog fighting.

And thank God it has!  Maybe now bigger inroads will be made into tracking down the individuals that keep this abhorrence called a 'sport' going. 

The "fighting dog" has few friends.

They live lives of brutality and unspeakable cruelty at the hands of those who gamble on their deaths.  If they are "rescued", they are euthanased. These animals are victims of cruelty.  They live a life of a 'no win' outcome.  Do we want them bred?  For their own sakes, I certainly don't!

If you care and wish to help, please donate to the RSPCA Special Operations Unit and help those that work to stop dogfighting.  I, personally, will be donating £10.00 for every home consultation I do, that way I will be helping caring dog owners and dogs that haven't been so fortunate, at the same time.

The money I donate will be split between the Special Operations Unit of the USPCA , the Ulster Society For the Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals in N. Ireland ( where 15 dogfighting gangs were exposed in the Panorama Documentary) and the Special Operations Unit of the RSPCA , the Royal Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals.

It is only in making the general public aware of what really is involved in dogfighting will there be enough support for the authorities and charities involved in trying to stop it altogether. 

I watched this programme through tears of anger, outrage and sadness.  Anger at the owners of the dogs for their persistent barbaric cruelty, outrage that they have been getting away with the cruelty for their own sick pleasure and sadness and compassion for the dogs that are the means to an end - literally.  I was shocked, disgusted and revolted throughout and wished for days that I hadn't watched it.  But it is a good thing that I did.  Every time I look at my dogs, especially my Staffordshire Bull Terrier crossbreed, Archie, I think of those poor dogs and what they are going through.

I have channelled all these emotions into something positive.  I donate money from each consultation in order to do something to help these poor animals.  I don't want to see Pitbulls bred for this life in this country, I don't want to see Staffordshire or American Bull Terriers or any crossbreed of the type to be used in their place!  If there are no Pitbulls available I doubt that will stop them.  I want the people that work to stop this practice to catch and prosecute the people involved in this so called 'sport'.  Their children will probably make up the next generation of the dogfighting rings.  Children have been seen at dog fights - what lessons in humanity are they learning?  We worry about the children that have been or may be savaged by these dogs, we also need to be concerned about the children that are being involved in the underworld scene of dogfighting and maybe the next generation of the dogfighting rings.  Research proves that people who abuse animals are more likely to abuse people.

The money donated will be split between the Special Operations Unit of the USPCA , the Ulster Society For the Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals in N. Ireland ( where 15 dogfighting gangs were exposed in the Panorama Documentary) and the Special Operations Unit of the RSPCA , the Royal Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals.

The "fighting dog" has few friends.

They live lives of brutality and unspeakable cruelty at the hands of those who gamble on their deaths,  if they are "rescued", they are euthanased - it is a release not a sentence.   These animals are victims of cruelty.  They live a life of a 'no win' outcome.  Do we want them bred?  For their own sakes, I certainly don't!  We should feel compassion for the dogs and disgust for the humans. 

Is this the outcome of the activities of decent human beings?  It is a dog's last option to fight - for these dogs its their only option.

 What is involved?  Money in breeding, training and betting on the dogs together with the sick pleasure of watching them fight to kill each other. 

If you need to know what is involved in a dogfight,  click here  - it will give you the information - I personally can't bear to write.

A Dogfighting Ring - an underground operation that organises illegal dogfights. To have the sadistic, brutal and barbaric pleasure of seeing dogs rip each other to pieces, fight to exhaustion and then one winner which will need extensive veterinary attention which it will not receive and the loser which will lose all round - either die in the ring or be finished off by its owner either by electrocution or drowning. Some sport!  Many bet high stakes on the outcome but some don't need to bet - they are in it for the sheer brutality of being a spectator.

The dogs involved - usually American Pitbull Terriers but no guarantee that American and Staffordshire Bull Terriers won't be involved - for those that can't get an American Pitbull, a well built Staffordshire or American Bull Terrier will do.  These dogs will live a life of misery, pain and fear before they even get in the ring having been taught to show their aggressive side by human cruelty.  The less aggressive dogs will be culled by their owners after being 'tested' as not being match material.

If they live and win their fight they will stay in training until the next one.  The losers will either die in the ring or be finished off by their owners.

If you care and wish to help, please donate what you can to help those that work to stop it.