Animal Rights In Dog Fighting

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It is difficult to believe how some humans are capable of inflicting pain to animals just to satisfy their lowest instincts or for money. The way people treat animals all over the world may differ from one place to another, but, in general, more people are standing up for animal rights in hopes that one day animal cruelty will be no more. However, this is not a perfect world, and animals, domesticated and wild, are abused and beaten every single day. For example, dog fighting which is described as “The act of baiting two dogs against one another for entertainment or gain” (Yilmaz, Coskun, and Ertugrul). It is just a horrific and devastating experience that no dog should ever have to go through, “animals have been and continued to be used for …show more content…

The Turn, Scratching, Calling the Fight, Jumping the Pit. If one of the fighting dogs turns his head and shoulders away from the opponent the owner is forced to take the dog away from the fighting arena or pen, this is called the Turn. In the other hand, if one of the dogs crosses the scratch line, which is in the middle, is call Scratching and automatically will lose. Calling the Fight, is when the owner does not want the dog to continue to fight and quiets, and the most humiliating event for a dog owner is when the dog jumps out the enclosure or dies. Many times, “fights are not usually to the death many dogs succumb to their injuries later” (Anon, 2014, Dog Fighting: A Nasty …show more content…

Statements as the one made by the Humane Society of the U. S. wishes to “ban on pictures of animal torture lessens the abuse of animals to promote public morality” (Joan). In addition, the Education Network, a group that includes experts on animal abuse, elder abuse, child abuse, and domestic violence, said, “We are reaching out to judges and others to spread the word about the connection between animal cruelty and other forms of violence” (Thornton). As a modern society, we the people are responsible for the wellbeing of all living creatures on the planet and for the planet

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