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The Football Player and the Pit Bull

"A star falls, breaking walls of depravity, immorality, inhumanity. From the ashes the son rises, conquering those who objectify him; his true champions hail and shield him...they, the Rescue Angels."Tammy Grimes, The Dog Warrior, 2007

Dogfighting has no defense even in a society that has its share of humane issues still unacknowledged, unaddressed. In a society where animals dying daily in shelters goes ignored except by those valiant rescuers who kill themselves saving the few they can, cry for those they cannot. Where groups must fight for the right of dogs to live free of chains, the right to be loved; the right to be part of a family, a pack.

Dogs bred for fighting are not only chained, often short-chained on thick logging chains, but the focus is on making them killers, making them fight to the death.

We read that people in Michael Vick's town are puzzled, because he never showed interest in dogs as a child. This very admission lends further credence to the theory that dogs are just property to dogfighters, merely a commodity with which to trade, sell, bet, kill.

Any claims of 'loving' these dogs cannot be taken seriously by anyone who knows the meaning of the word 'love'.

'Love', as described by Eddie Lama in The Witness, is 'wanting the best' for your significant other, friend, companion animal, etc. Dog fighters 'want the best' for their dogs no more than spouse and child abusers 'want the best' for their family as they rain fists upon broken bodies.

This is not love; will never be love.

This is our message to dogfighters: Get out of the dogfighting business, get out of your peer group, get out of your neighborhood if you have to. Get into counseling, therapy, a job; do not take ONE more innocent dog's life, for their blood is yours. America is waking up to the dangers of chaining dogs, and the dangers of those who harm dogs in the name of sport.

We await a day when all dogfighters will be caught and convicted of this cruelest of all animal crimes, a day when society's conscience is raised enough to make all thoughts of such a sport a thing of the past.—Tammy Grimes and Dogs Deserve Better

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