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10 Bizarre Animal Sports

Oddee.com | Posted 03.09.2012

Read More: Weird UK, Turkey Bowling, Ferret Legging, Animal Sports, Elephants, Cow Fighting, Animals in the News, Snail Racing, Weird Sports, Bizarre Animal Sports, Elephant Polo, Video, Camel Wrestling, Elephant Basketball, Dog Fighting, Weird Photos & Videos, Weird Animal Sports, Weird News News

Horse racing is one of the world's most popular sports, but some people need a little more excitement in their lives. For those, how about a riviti...

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Starving Horses, Injured Dog Found Abandoned Among Carcasses

Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Animal Cruelty, Richard-Couto, Video, Animal Abuse, Abandoned Horses Found in Miami-Dade, Horses, Dog Fighting, Miami-Dade, South Florida SPCA, Dogs, Animal Recovery Mission, Miami News

A horrific scene greeted investigators Sunday at a remote property in Southwest Miami-Dade: 11 starving horses and one injured dog abandoned to die, l...

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Bait Dog Gets a Second Chance (VIDEO)

Leighton Woodhouse | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Animal Rescue, Christopher Sprinkle, Dog Fighting, Dog Park Media, Animal Abuse, Pit Bulls, Video, Impact News

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Michael Vick Lobbies Congress To Punish Dog-Fight Attendees

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: Animal Cruelty, Congress, Animal Rights, Peta, Peta Protest, 112th Congress, Dog Fighting, Michael Vick, Michael Vick Dogfighting, Dogs, Animal Fighting, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The latest step in Michael Vick's road to redemption took place on Tuesday in Washington, where the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback appe...

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Vick Brings Anti-Dogfighting Message To Congress

AP | Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: Animal Cruelty, Nfl, Animal Rights, Football, Green News, Animals, Dog Fighting, Michael Vick, Michael Vick Dogfighting, Sports News, Sports News

WASHINGTON — Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick brought his anti-dogfighting message to Congress on Tuesday, backing legislation that ...

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Indiana Considers Sanctioning Animal Cruelty

Camilla Fox | Posted 07.08.2011

Read More: Coyotes, Michael Vick Dog Fighting, Fox Penning, Dog Fighting, Bioethics, Coyote Trapping, Coyote Penning, Indiana, Green News

We've laid down the law that entertaining ourselves by pitting one animal against another in bloody combat is cruel and unethical. However, few Americans are aware that there is "entertainment" even nastier than dog or cockfighting.

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Fur Flies Around Controversial Dogfight App

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 06.25.2011

Read More: Dog Fighting App, Dogfight, Dog Wars, Animal Cruelty, Animal Rights, Apps, Android, Android Apps, Dogfighting, Dogfighting App, Dog Fighting, Dog Wars Android, Dog Wars App, Dogfight App, Dog Wars Android App, Technology News

Dog Wars, a controversial new app for Android devices, pits virtual dogs against one another in simulated blood-fight scenarios. The game requires...

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Blood Sports More Prevalent Than People Think

Ed Sayres | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Animal Cruelty, Blood Sports, Aspca, Terry Mills, Animal Rights, Dog Fighting, Cockfighting, New York News

Animal fighting is one of the most horrific forms of animal cruelty, and perhaps the ultimate betrayal of the human-animal bond.

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PHOTOS: Cruel And Unusual? Animal Sports From Around The World

Huffington Post | Alden Wicker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hare Coursing, Orangutan Boxing, Greyhound, Racing, Bear Wrestling, Hunting, Fox Hunting, Horses, Bull Fighting, Bull Riding, Animals, Dog Fighting, Slidepollajax, Cock Fighting, Green News

Animal sports run the gamut from racing, to fighting, to outright killing. Even the sports that the American public recognizes as extremely cruel pers...

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CNN Hero Deborah Hoffman Dedicated To Rescuing Abused And Abandoned Dogs

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corridor Rescue, Animal Rescue, Animal Cruelty, Corridor of Cruelty, Dog Fighting, Deborah Hoffman, Cnn Hero Deborah Hoffman, CNN Heroes, Video, Impact News

In Northeast Houston, just off I-59, there lies a stretch of land more than a mile long that Deborah Hoffman has dubbed the "Corridor of Cruelty." Eve...

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Coyote & Fox Penning: A Blood "Sport" That Must End

Camilla Fox | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Coyotes, Michael Vick Animal Cruelty, Fox Penning, Foxes, Dog Fighting, Coyote Penning, Cockfighting, Green News

It's time again for society to stand up, and shout a collective NO to another cruel, unethical and dangerous blood sport. Our shock and outrage can help relegate coyote and fox pens to their rightful place in America's dark past.

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CSI: Dog-Fighting DNA Database Helps Crack Down on Animal Cruelty

Ed Sayres | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Animal Cruelty, LA/SPCA, Aspca, Dna, US Davis, Canine CODIS, New York Times, Veterinary Forensics, Dog Fighting, Hsmo, Green News

The use of highly sophisticated forensic techniques to tie evidence back to animal abusers is becoming more and more essential, as juries experience the "CSI effect."

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Thought Provoking Surprises in Breed-Specific Legislation

Pam Spaulding | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Breed-Specific-Legislation, Pets, Discrimination, Dog Fighting, Pit Bull, Dogs, Cesar Milan, Breed Banning, Dog Whisperer, Dogtown, Impact News

So many dogs that could brighten lives end up euthanized or ignored for purebred purchases from breeders or pet stores.

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Supreme Court's New Season: Looking Ahead

Wall Street Journal | JESS BRAVIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Questions before the Supreme Court, which begins its new term Monday, include corporate political spending, dog-fighting videos, a cross in the desert...

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Denver Pit Bull Ban: Westword Examines Whether The Controversial Policy Is Working

Westword | Jared Jacang Maher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Westword, Denver Pit Bull Ban, Pit Bull, Dog Fighting, Federico Pena, Denver News

Kevin O'Connell was away on business when he got a call from a Denver animal-control officer: His dog, a Presa Canario, had mauled a Chihuahua. O'Conn...

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Dogfighting Ring Busted At Suburban Day Care (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dog Fighting Ring, Maywood Day Care, Dog Fighting, Dog Fights, Animal Cruelty, Cook County Sheriff's Department, Chicago Dogfighting, Maywood Dogfighting Ring, Animals, Tom Dart, Slideshow, Chicago News

SCROLL DOWN FOR UPDATES Cook County sheriffs raided a suburban day care Tuesday after learning it was being used as a front for what officers describ...

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Michael Vick's Dog-Free Second Act

Derrick K. Baker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Vick, Dogs, Dog Fighting, Michael Vick Dogfighting, Entertainment News

To Michael Vick from lifelong dog-lover and football fanatic.

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Michael Vick To Co-Star With Benji In New Disney Film

Tom McCaffrey | Posted 05.25.2011

Kobe Bryant is following Vick's lead and is currently in talks to play the lead in the reimagining of "The Boy Who Could Fly" called "The Boy Who Could Fly and Also Never Raped anyone in a Hotel Room in Colorado."

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Denver City Council Discusses Ending Pit Bull Ban

The Denver Daily News | Peter Marcus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pit Bull Ban, Denver City Ordinances, Denver Pit Bulls, Denver Pit Bull Ban, Pit Bulls, Pit Bulls in Denver, Dog Fighting, Denver News

A City Council member is working on an ordinance change that would allow pit bulls in Denver. But repealing the city's 20-year-old ban on pit bulls w...

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Vick Will Miss Prison Food -- Takes a Doggie-Bag

Erik Sean Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael-Vick, Videogames, Michael-Vick-Dog-Fighting, Dog-Fighting, Dog Abuse, Comedy News

Before the cameras today he announced his partnership with EA GAMES to release new video games based on his life. The first allows players to fight dogs to the death.

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Does the First Amendment Protect Dog Snuff Films?

Patt Morrison | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Animal Cruelty, Animal Rights, Dog Fighting, Animals, Politics News

The Supreme Court will hear the case of a man appealing his conviction for selling videos of pit bulls fighting. Is it a classic First Amendment conundrum or just a shield for murder?

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Michael Vick's Second Crime Almost as Bad as his First

Russ Wellen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cruelty to Animals, Nfl, Dog Fighting, Michael Vick, Football, Looting Pension Funds, Pension Funds, Sports, Media News

Professional athletes are notorious for their selfish and temperamental behavior. And, those who behave like prima donnas seem to understand or care h...

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Enormous Texas Dogfighting Ring Broken Up By Police

New York Times | JAMES C. MCKINLEY JR | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dogfighting in Texas, Dog Fighting, Dogfighting Subculture, Michael Vick, Texas Dogfighting Investigation, Dogfighting, Home News

The two undercover agents were miles from any town, deep in the East Texas countryside, following a car carrying three dogfighting fanatics and a fema...

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