PIERCE COUNTY, WIS.—At the request of the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office, the ASPCA® (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) is assisting with evidence collection and the removal of more than 1,300 animals from a property believed to be associated with dogfighting and cockfighting in Gilman Township, Wis.
DONIPHAN COUNTY, KAN.—At the request of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI), the ASPCA® (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) is assisting with evidence collection and the removal of 45 dogs from a property believed associated with dogfighting in Bendena, Kan. Bendena is in Doniphan County, which is north of Atchison in northeast Kansas. The Great Plains SPCA and the Doniphan County Sheriff’s Office are also assisting in the case.
Lucedale, Miss.—At the request of the George County Sheriff’s Office, the ASPCA® (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) is assisting with evidence collection, transportation, ongoing care and sheltering of nearly 20 dogs seized yesterday by local authorities during a dogfighting raid in George County.
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Dogfighting is a type of blood sport in which dogs are forced to fight one another for the entertainment and/or profit of spectators.
