Do snitch: Turning in dogfighters
Here's a powerful, even-handed, disturbing-without-getting-too-gory look at dogfighting, produced by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), which is now offering rewards of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in dogfighting or cockfighting.
The rewards were doubled by HSUS last year as efforts to quell dogfighting operations intensified after the Michael Vick case.
To qualify, tipsters -- though they can remain anonymous -- must report the operation to police or local animal control agency, tell the agency about the rewards program and, if the perpetrator is convicted, get the law enforcement agency involved to write a letter to the HSUS stating that their tip led to the arrest.
For more information, click on the link above, or contact the Animal Fighting Reward Program,
Humane Society of the United States, 2100 L St. N.W., Washington, DC 20037
Comments
Thank you so much for this article. Another blood "sport" that gets ignored is the rodeo. In rodeos, calves, as one example, are violently roped the ground by their necks as they run up to 27 miles per hour. Many die obviously from their necks snapping. I hope companies such as AT&T (www.attcruelty.com) will stop sponsoring such cruel events. It's the same thing as sponsoring a dogfight.
Posted by: William | March 1, 2008 2:37 PM
There`s a site called Knock out Dog Fighting and they`re starting to run PSA`a against dog fighting and there`s a lot of other good info.
I would like to see a lot more of these PSA`s and I hope Networks will pick these up.
Perhaps the message will get through to young people.
http://www.knockoutdogfighting.org/default.asp
Posted by: MG | May 25, 2008 9:06 AM