Showing 32 posts tagged with "pit bull"
Phoenix, the Baltimore pit bull who was set on fire last week, has died.
The dog, who showed signs of having been used in dogfights, was doused with gasoline and set on fire Wednesday afternoon in Southwest Baltimore. A police officer, upon spotting her, put the fire out with her sweater. No arrests have been made.
The [...]
Source: BostonHerald.com, May 11, 2009
One month after officials rescued two badly mauled pit bulls from a Dorchester dog-fighting dungeon, the Animal Rescue League of Boston is struggling to rehabilitate one of the traumatized canines, an anxiety-stricken puppy named Raven.
“He doesn’t know how to sit or how to play – he doesn’t know how to be [...]
Source: Associated Press, March 25, 2009
Nobody has broken out of the Idaho State Correctional Institution in more than 20 years. Prison officials like to think a hard-bitten corps of sentries with names like Cookie, Bongo and Chi Chi has had something to do with that.
The institution is the only state prison in the U.S. to [...]
Source: Zootoo.com, Feb 28, 2009
150 Pit Bulls euthanized, new policy follows: Seized from a fighting ring in December, the dogs were recently put down, resulting in a firestorm of debates. Now the HSUS proposes such dogs to be evaluated individually — a standard that other welfare groups have long lobbied.
NEW YORK — After [...]
Source: WVCE.com, Feb 18, 2009
GATES COUNTY, NC – Gates County authorities say they’ve shut down a dogfighting operation they’ve heard about for years.
Sheriff’s deputies say they rescued more than a dozen injured dogs and found the remains of others, some that had been burned, at a home outside Sunbury, NC.
“Actually, it made me very sick [...]
