DOG FIGHTING NEEDS TOEND!

Dog Fighting is a Cruel blood sport where dogs Are forced to Fight each other just for the

greed of humans. We have turned these innocent

Dogs into fighting machines

I Never knew what Lovewas

I WAS CHAINEDTO A FENCE MY WHOLE LIFE

I was starved so I Would fight

I WAS FORCED TO FIGHTSO MY OWNER

WOULD GET MONEY, I ALWAYS WANTED TO

PLEASE YOU SO I FOUGHT FOR YOU

I NEVER WANTED TO FIGHTALL I WANTED WAS TO

BE LOVED

If we didn’t win the matchWe would sometimes

Be shot, drowned, electrocutedOr just left to starve and die

I Always Lived in Fear Wondering if

My life would end today

FOR SOME OF US,HELP CAME TOO

LATE

As I laid on my side, Taking my last breaths

I wonder Of what could have Been…….

I never knew loveAnd I would never know

Because my life was endedAll because of dog fighting

I could have been a Great dog if u had

Given me a chance….A chance that I never got

I Thought Dog’sWere man’s best friend!

But what happened to that?

This is Fate, her lips were torn off when she fought in dog fighting, sadly when Fate went into her third operation for reconstructive surgery she passed away from of the extent of her injuries on December 30th ,2009.

MY NAME IS

FATE

And I LostMy Life toDog Fighting

For Others, we were Rescued in just a nick of time

I WAS FULL OF RELIEFKNOWING THAT MY SUFFERING WOULD

FINALLY END

I would finally beLOVED!

DOG FIGHTING ISILLEGAL IN ALL 50 STATES IN

THE UNITED STATES YET PEOPLESTILL FIGHT DOGS. DOG FIGHTING

WAS OUTLAWED IN THE UNITED STATESIN 1835 BY THE PARLIAMENT IN THE

HUMANE ACT OF 1835. DOG FIGHTING NEEDS TO END!

It is Estimated by theHumane Society of the United

States(HSUS ) that more than 100,000 people are involved in dog fighting

The reason pit bulls are mainlyUsed in dog fighting is because

They are very loyal to their Owners and will fight to the

Death for them and when pit bullsFight they don’t bark, growl, snap,

They will just sink their jawsInto each other’s flesh and hold on.

MANY DOGS IN DOG FIGHTINGDIE FROM THE EXTENT

OF THEIR INJURIESFIGHTING

Hi My Name isOggy and I’mA Survivor ofDog Fighting

I’m Oggy and I was a bait dog in dog fighting. My left side of my head was crushed and so was my jaw and my left ear was torn off. I was left to bleed to death in a cage for almost a week until police found me. I fought to survive because I knew there was something better waiting for me in the future. I now live in my forever loving home with Larry Levin and his wife and their two adopted twin sons. I am very thankful that Larry adopted me and took care of me. I can finally say I am LOVED. If you want to learn more about me, I have a book written about me called Oggy: The Dog Only a Family Could Love By Larry Levin.

SurvivorHi My name

Is Darmah and I’m a Survivor of

Dog fightingI'm Darmah and I survived dog fighting. I lost my front leg from being forced to fight. Now I am working as ambassador to children that have suffered similar losses like me. I have finally found my forever home in Chicago, Illinois. My owner hopes to have me work at Shriners Hospital for Children. I can finally Say I’m Loved!

JacobHi

My NameIs Jacob and I’m a

Survivor ofDog Fighting

My name is Jacob and I was a fighting dog. I am now happily living in California. I am being trained to become a therapy dog for hospital patients, people that are in nursing homes and school children. I can finally say I am loved!

My Dog Patches is also a survivorOf Dog fighting, she was about

8-10 months old when the Dog fighting place was raided. She is

Now Loved by everyone.

Dog Fighting Needs To End, We need to be their

Voices if we want Dog Fighting to End, Help Us Banish

Dog fighting for good!!!!

Kid Friendly Ways to Help EndDog Fighting

-report dog fighting-donate money to the (HSUS or ASPCA)-learn more about dog fighting at these

Websites-bring awareness about dog fighting

We Need to beTheir VOICETo End Dog Fighting!!!!!

Sources:1. http://www.humanesociety.org/issues/dogfighting/

(videos)2.

http://www.aspca.org/fight-animal-cruelty/aspca-in-action/sandersville-georgia-february-2010.aspx

3. http://www.aspca.org/fight-animal-cruelty/aspca-in-action/~/media/files/blog/post-images/washington-county-photos-1.jpg?h=450&as=1&w=300

4. http://www.aspca.org/fight-animal-cruelty/aspca-in-action/~/media/files/blog/post-images/washington-county-photos-2.jpg?w=500&h=363&as=1

5. http://www.aspca.org/fight-animal-cruelty/aspca-in-action/~/media/files/fight-animal-cruelty/images-misc-sizes/one-of-the-many-pit-bull-victims.jpg?w=247&h=164&as=1

6. http://www.aspca.org/fight-animal-cruelty/aspca-in-action/~/media/files/fight-animal-cruelty/images-misc-sizes/pregnant-pit-bull.jpg?w=247&h=164&as=1

7. http://www.aspca.org/fight-animal-cruelty/aspca-in-action/~/media/files/fight-animal-cruelty/images-misc-sizes/jakob.jpg?w=250&h=250&as=1h

8. www.Aspca.com 9. http://www.humanesociety.org/

10.http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1289446928l/8105569.jpg(oggy picture)

By Lindsay WaningerN period