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Dogfighting Grows in Texas

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Investigators found that dogfighting was on the rise in Texas and was much more widespread than they had expected. The investigation here led to the indictments of 55 people and the seizing of 187 pit bulls, breaking up what officials described as one of the largest dogfighting rings in the country. From the New York Times.

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Jamie Foxx: Something Stupid This Way Comes

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This time it's an exceptionally irresponsible, ignorant comment, especially considering the recent news about the growth in dogfighting in Texas. Dogfighting will continue as long as this stupid meme of pits being a public display of men's genitalia continues. Tags: pit bull Stupid dog fighting.

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Dog Whisperer and Philly Undercover Premiere Jan 7, 2012

4 The Love Of Animals

This season Cesar will visit to Fort Hood, Texas, where he takes a handful of four-legged army brats back to boot camp. Officer Wayne Smith takes to the streets of a drug-infested neighborhood to collect intel using a hidden camera and a rescued pit bull as a decoy. The full-scale investigation began two days earlier.

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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

Animal Ethics

It's still hot in North Texas. Sure enough, there was a black dog (a pit bull) lying in the three-by-three-foot shadow cast by a backboard on the concrete. Today, while running in 84º heat (and excessive humidity), I noticed a dog lying on a slab of concrete in someone's back yard. When I got done with my 3.1-mile