Dog fighting

Dog fighting is a type of blood sport that turns game and fighting dogs against each other in a physical fight, often to the death, for the purposes of gambling or entertainment to the spectators.[1] In rural areas, fights are often staged in barns or outdoor pits; in urban areas, fights are often staged in garages, basements, warehouses, alleyways, abandoned buildings, neighborhood playgrounds, or in the streets.[2][3] Dog fights usually last until one dog is declared a winner, which occurs when one dog fails to scratch, dies, or jumps out of the pit.[4] Sometimes dog fights end without declaring a winner; for instance, the dog's owner may call off the fight.[4]

Dog fighting generates revenue from stud fees, admission fees, and gambling. Most countries have banned dog fighting, but it is still legal in some countries, such as Venezuela, Bangladesh, Japan[6] and Albania.[7] The sport is also popular in Russia.[8]

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  2. ^ Gibson 2005, section 1C.
  3. ^ Boucher, B.G. (2011). Pitt Bulls: Villains or Victims? Underscoring Actual Causes of Societal Violence. Lana'i City, Hawaii: Puff & Co Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9826964-7-7.
  4. ^ a b Forsyth, Craig J; Evans, Rhonda D (1998). "Dogmen: The Rationalization of Deviance" (PDF). Society and Animals. 6 (3): 203 to 218. doi:10.1163/156853098x00159. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  5. ^ "Sir Edwin Landseer". Philadelphia : Philadelphia Museum of Art. October 4, 1981 – via Internet Archive.
  6. ^ Gibson 2005, section 3.
  7. ^ "Peshkopi, qeni fitues quhet... Obama". Dita. Archived from the original on 2014-06-22. Retrieved 2019-04-17. (in Albanian)
  8. ^ "Dogfighting latest Hobby of 'New Russians'". Russia Today. Moscow, Russia. February 8, 1999.
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