TRAGIC CRUELTY AGAINST DOGS MUST STOP!

Suzanne you are perfectly right! That is no punishment at all… It makes no sense! I can never understand how people can do that to animals.

Thansk Craig Shillington for adding this to your favourites

Be interested to hear your comments… I know these acts against dogs go on in Australia!

Suzanne

This is what the spokesperson for the RSPCA has to say:-

A change in the law is needed to tackle a rise in dog fighting that is leaving an increasing number of animals with horrific injuries, the RSPCA has said.

The existing ban on four breeds was inadequate and the law must “focus back on the real problem… the owner”, said the charity’s Claire Robinson.

Dog fighting-related calls to the RSPCA had risen 12-fold since 2004, with two thirds involving youths, it said.

Ministers say penalties for dog fighting have been toughened.

City parks

The new wave of dog fighting, known as “chain fighting” or “rolling”, involves informal fights often held in inner city public parks, says the RSPCA.

“[People] are seeing young people, often gangs of young people, in parks, on estates, some even put two dogs in a lift at the top of the block of flats and will press the button and let the dogs fight until they get to the bottom,” Ms Robinson told BBC News.

“Fortunately they are reporting it to us and the police, but often by the time we get there the people are gone and the dogs can’t be found.”

The RSPCA says a new generation are using rottweilers (left) in dog fights
But one eye-witness who contacted the BBC said he felt complaints to police about dog abuse and fighting were on the increase, but not taken seriously enough.

Teg Davies was on a family trip to the park in Mill Hill, London, to play football with his sons, when he saw three men, “kicking two dogs and throwing them at each other to provoke them”.

He says no-one came to investigate, despite a call to local police.

Ministers say there are now tougher penalties for dog fighting and that the new Policing and Crime Bill will make it easier to seize dogs owned by criminal gangs.

But the RSPCA insists the authorities still have limited powers to seize dogs kept by their owners as weapons.

The charity is seeing dogs with “unprecedented levels” of injuries, says the charity’s David Grant.

“We see two or three fights most days. At the weekend it can be quite bad – a few weekends ago we had 10”, he said.

“We frequently see ears torn off, eyes torn out. In my career as a vet – nearly 42 years – this is the worst it has ever been.

“I have never seen things as bad as this.”

‘Limited powers’

The Dangerous Dogs Act, which came into force in 1991, bans four different breeds – the pit bull terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino and Fila Brasileiro.

But NHS figures show dog attacks have tripled since 1991, with many blamed on cross-bred dogs which are not illegal.

Rottweilers or Staffordshire bull terriers were often involved in the “ad hoc” fights staged by gangs of young men in parks, the RSPCA said.

The charity wants the law to focus on people keeping aggressive dogs as a status symbol or weapon, with more checks on owners and stiffer penalties for people mistreating dogs or keeping them for criminal use.

“It’s a lot to do with the sort of MTV gang culture – people want to look hard, they want to look tough, with a dog that looks tough,” Ms Robinson said.

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Have you been affected by Chain Fighting or Rolling? Have you witnessed a dog fight in your local park? If so, we would like to hear from you, even anonymously.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8288182.stm

Suzanne

Hi Suzanne, I identify with your abhorrence of their conduct, but would really be interested in what sentence/punishment you would impose?

Hi John

I would treat these perverted criminals the way they would be treated had they committed the crimes against a human adult or child!!

The penalty should be commensurate with the act – in this case WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MURDER!!

My answer to your question is that murder should be a crime punishable with a life sentence whether it is committed against a human mammal or any other mammal on this planet!

Suzanne

John…please go and read the link posted on the BBC News page by Claire Robinson from the RSPCA ….and especially where the Vet talks about the dogs (the ones that manage to survive and often only for short periods, after they are brought to him at times)....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8288182.stm

then draw your own conclusion – I am interested to hear what you think after reading that.

ALSO

Watch the video and the vivid pictures of the injuries on these helpless and vulnerable dogs

Should the crimes against animals be treated more leniantly than those against humans?

I THINK NOT!!

Suzanne

Congratulations…

some years now since pit bulls were banned but my husband told a distressing story of a guy out walking his pit bull – a well trained and gentle family pet – he met up with a stranger who also had a pit bull – the stranger said ‘my dog doesn’t like your dog’ and set his animal to attack – it killed the family pet before any action to restrain it could be taken and the stranger made a swift get away…
i own a gentle doberman and yet he is never left alone with children [children can do silly things and dogs may missread them]no doubt he would put up a brave fight if stressed but i never wish to witness such a dreadful act
annie

is it still ok to eat them they taste sooooooo good in black bean sauce

the ban on pit bulls is in uk – certainly in england

igotmeacanon
are you aware that some dogs are thrashed to death because
inhumane people think it makes the meet more tender
horrific

I think it is awesome that you are making others aware… as I told you in the forum…These people are a danger not just to animals, but possibly to little children who knows with heartless people like this…:)

All i can Say is Sick, very sick, i am pasted your note @ http://www.facebook.com/pages/R-B-Photography/97037727184?ref=ts

This needs to stop ASAP but how, yes we can write and read about it but how can we stio this? I am working with the NSPCA here andI see cruelty all the time. The problem with the dogfights is that they are done pivatly so we will bethe last ones to hea about it. I am so frustrated that dog fights still going on but people think about money and money only and do not care about a dog and that a dog feels the same pain that we do. So sad