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MS: Nearly 30 taken into custody after Claiborne County raid

Discussion in 'Pit Bull News' started by Vicki, Nov 23, 2010.

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  1. Vicki

    Vicki Administrator Staff Member

    Dog-fighting arrests to climb
    Nearly 30 taken into custody after Claiborne County raid

    Gary Pettus • gpettus@clarionledger.com • November 23, 2010

    More arrests are possible today in connection with a weekend raid on a dog-fighting ring that put nearly 30 people behind bars in Claiborne County already.

    "Some of the people ran, and we're still looking for them," said Claiborne County Sheriff Frank Davis, who led seven other officers on a bust that commenced around 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

    "I'd say 50 percent of them took off, and we found some of them later. There will be more arrests.

    "We still have their automobiles waiting for them to show up or produce who was driving them," Davis said.

    Officers confiscated 30 vehicles from participants and spectators.

    Most of the 27 people arrested have been charged with watching a dog fight and had posted a $5,000 bond if they were in-state residents and an $8,000 bond if they were out-of-state residents, Davis said.

    Property owner Brian Eggleston, who was among those arrested, will face additional charges, the sheriff said. Eggleston's bond was set at $15,000.

    Based on a tip, officers raided a pasture off Mississippi 547 between Port Gibson and Pattison, seizing 13 pit bulldogs and a chihuahua.

    The chihuahua belongs to a spectator and was apparently not harmed, said Georgia Lynn, director of the Vicksburg-Warren Humane Society, where the dogs are being housed for now.

    "There were no bite wounds on the chihuahua. We're taking care of it right now."

    As for the pit bulls, Lynn said, "they are not adoptable."

    Dogs that have been used for fighting usually have to be euthanized, said Debra Boswell, director of the Jackson-based Mississippi Animal Rescue League.

    "They're like a ticking time bomb waiting to go off."

    Dog fighting is a felony offense that can carry a penalty of up to three years in prison and a $5,000 fine in Mississippi.

    For spectators, the penalty is up to one year in prison and a $3,000 fine.

    Davis and six Sheriff's Department officers, along with a game warden, made the bust.

    "We were certainly outnumbered," Davis said.

    "We expected it to be big. The thing is, we tried to get assistance from other agencies, but they had no one available because it was such short notice."

    People who fight dogs don't have to be caught in the act to be arrested, Boswell said.

    "Some of them are caught when narcotics officers go on drug raids.

    "Our dog-fight law is a pretty good law," she said.

    "But this still goes on."

    The Humane Society of the United States estimates there are 40,000 professional dog fighters and more than 100,000 "street dog fighters" in the United States.

    Thousands of dollars are at stake in many of these fights, the organization reports.

    "It's a problem across the country and certainly here in Mississippi," Boswell said.

    "People cross state lines to fight their dogs. It's big money."

    Dog fighting received national attention when NFL quarterback Michael Vick served 19 months in prison for heading a dog-fighting ring. He returned to freedom and the NFL in 2009.

    The Humane Society will pay up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a dog fighter; its toll-free number is 1-877-TIP-HSUS.

    Dog-fighting arrests to climb | clarionledger.com | The Clarion-Ledger
     
    Vicki, Nov 23, 2010
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  2. ScratchLineKenn

    ScratchLineKenn Pup

    its a shame that those dogs will be put to rest... feel sorry for all of those who will loose in this case meanin families whom relatives will be locked up...:mad:
     
    ScratchLineKenn, Nov 24, 2010
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  3. cheri

    cheri Pup

    It is a sickening shame. Mississippi is not doing enough to stop the blood sport if 30 were arrested. They are sorry... Sorry excuses for human beings.
     
    cheri, Nov 24, 2010
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  4. Jefferson

    Jefferson Big Dog

    CHeri, you are on the wrong board for that. Those dogs are PROPERTY meaning their OWNERS can do what they want with them including FIGHT them if thats what they want to do.
     
    Jefferson, Nov 24, 2010
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  5. HudsonKennels

    HudsonKennels Pup

    People are calling in with the tips for that 5000 bucks, its a recession lol
     
    HudsonKennels, Nov 24, 2010
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  6. BoogiemanBlood

    BoogiemanBlood CH Dog

    Ticking time bombs?

    Fucking retarded!!!
     
    BoogiemanBlood, Nov 24, 2010
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  7. Blau

    Blau Big Dog

    The blood sport is the reason these dogs EXIST.
     
    Blau, Nov 24, 2010
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  8. c-murda

    c-murda Big Dog

    Snitches are tryin to get their money up for some Black Friday shopping sprees. "Close your circles ladies and gents".
     
    c-murda, Nov 25, 2010
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  9. redrumdog

    redrumdog Top Dog

    Ticking time bombs.Do any of these people have any idea about these dogs?
     
    redrumdog, Nov 25, 2010
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  10. MISSAPBT

    MISSAPBT Top Dog

    No. i can put money on it that these people have no knowledge or experience with this breed. All the false information will be coming from brainwashed reporters trying to make a juicy story on this 'notorious' breed.
     
    MISSAPBT, Nov 25, 2010
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  11. Dreamer

    Dreamer Big Dog

    Doesn't matter. These people know what it is like AT THIS TIME and what the laws ARE; therefore they agreed to risk their dogs and family.

    It's not like they didn't KNOW. There ARE places to go where they don't have to take the risk. And lose everything.

    Again, they show by their actions that their FAMILIES and the DOGS are secondary to them....

    Dreamer
     
    Dreamer, Nov 25, 2010
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  12. Dreamer

    Dreamer Big Dog

    No, they don't. But those that got caught KNEW that and made the decision to risk putting their dogs in the hands of such people.

    They CAN make better choices.

    Dreamer
     
    Dreamer, Nov 25, 2010
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  13. mario

    mario Pup

    It all boils down to Some people need to mind their own business stoping dog fighting want make this country no better I feel bad for the people teaching their kids how to hunt(KILL) at young age of 9 years old Its sickning to see a child pose with a gun but one would talk about animal abuse but kids can learn how to kill Get Real!!!!
     
    mario, Nov 25, 2010
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  14. AGame

    AGame CH Dog

    one of the most retarded posts i have ever seen in my life you woulda have starved if you lived in the 1800's or earlier hell and probably after
     
    AGame, Nov 25, 2010
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  15. ChDynomite

    ChDynomite Top Dog

    why dont u spend more time teaching ur kids to be a sissy like u. Get real! Go to TREEHUGGER.com u will fit in better there.
     
    ChDynomite, Nov 25, 2010
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  16. mario

    mario Pup

    I knew that was coming.Like I said people need to mind their own business Yeah its a way of live if that's what you believe in but far as that SISSY sssh Im intitled to say what I want Its the AMERICAN way now were is the Deer sausage!!!!
     
    mario, Nov 26, 2010
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  17. Jefferson

    Jefferson Big Dog

    I think its time to move on past dogfighting. I hate to say it, but the way the world has changed, matching dogs will be the excuse for the eradication of the APBT. For the breed, its time to move on
     
    Jefferson, Nov 26, 2010
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  18. BoogiemanBlood

    BoogiemanBlood CH Dog

    Now that's some stupid shit right there. I learned to hunt earlier than 9.

    Go on and be a fucking pansy ass if you want. Good thing there's still plenty of real men left in this country.

    WTF does your homosexual views on hunting have anything to do with the topic anyway?
     
    BoogiemanBlood, Nov 26, 2010
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  19. HighCoastHiker

    HighCoastHiker Top Dog


    So, you're saying that one isn't a real man if one does not hunt,...and that homosexuals don't hunt.

    Seriously man, don't let someone's mangled logic make you go off looking like some bigoted backwards-ass.
     
    HighCoastHiker, Nov 26, 2010
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  20. simms

    simms CH Dog

    Thats what you get for having a crowd like that. Guess they really thought that they had somthin to prove, an it wasn't brains that's for sho!

    Folks need to wise up
     
    simms, Nov 26, 2010
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