Kayla's Speech

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The cruel sport of dog fighting

Dog Fights

For animal lovers, it is difficult to understand why someone would deliberately cause a dog to engage in vicious fights.16,000 dogs are killed each year in dog fights and that number continues to grow.

Despite the fact that dogfighting is illegal, dog fighting is still happening, Inflicting and receiving injuries and often death.A dogfight takes place in a ring made of plywood and is usually held in a hidden and dark private location such as an empty garage or the basement of a house or business.

Fights can last for hours, and the dogs are made to keep going even after having painful injuries, such as torn flesh and broken bones. The fight goes on until one of the dogs is unable to continue. Dogs may die immediately of their injuries or later from infections.If they don’t die the owner kills it because it has lost.

A dog is beaten and bloody, chains wrapped round its dirty neck as it’s brutally ripped to pieces for pure amusement. Crowds cheer as the defenseless  animal dies.I am telling you this to you show what is happening to dogs.Would you like this to happen to you?

Approximately 7.6 million animals enter animal shelters nationwide every year. Of those, approximately 3.9 million are dogs.Dog fighting should be illegal all over the world and more should be done about it because dogs are benig killed for pure amusement.The American pit bull terrier dog is used in the majority of the fights and has been specifically bred and trained to fight.

In conclusion as I have stated earlier dog fighting is illegal, it is cruel and DOGS are being killed for fun.There should be more done about stopping this cruelty happening!

By Kayla Johnson