Posted on 05/28/2016 10:44:47 AM PDT by KeyLargo
Exactly right.
Something like that is ingrained in their psyche since almost infancy. They start out burning ants with a magnifying glass and then progress to kittens, puppies, etc. Nobody can tell me that Vick watching those fights had any negative feelings about what he was doing. As was, as is.
“Dog fighting has been around for centuries.”
Bull-baiting was a blood sport in England involving the baiting of bulls, and on special occasions, even bears. It was believed that `baiting’ livestock made the meat more tender, so a lot of butchers owned `bulldogs’.
They were bred to be `weight-forward’ with massive chests & lean rear legs so they could not easily be thrown once they bit down on the bull, muscular withers, large heads with no `stop’ (you can put a ruler on some bulldogs’ forehead and the other end on his lower jaw—IOW, no nose) for the underbite needed to clamp onto the bull’s nose and force him to his knees.
Bull baiting was not finally outlawed until parliament passed the Cruelty to Animals Act of 1835.
Bulldogs were then bred with pugs in order to make them more manageable and then bred with terriers for the `sports’ of ratting, fighting badgers and other bull terriers.
The `American Pit bull’ is a terrier and the most maligned breed in America now, taking the most hated and feared status of the German Shepherd at the turn of the century, then the Doberman and most recently the Rottweiler.
It was once considered an ideal family pet. It was the model for the RCA Victrola ad showing a dog cocking his ear to listen. Helen Keller owned one. The original `Petey’ on the black-and-white `Little Rascals’ was an American Pit Bull terrier. Today the breed has been perverted by monsters like Michael Vick.
http://www.animalplanet.com/pets/about-bully-breeds/
Pitting dogs against one another is illegal, as well as cruel and barbaric. Dallas and Atlantic City gave Vick the keys to their cities. His prison should have thrown away the key to his cell and kept him. In sum, Michael Vick and those like him who fight dogs are walking turds.
Those here who say, “Ban this breed!” are of the same mindset as the gun grabbers.
Surprised no one’s taken this bait: “Those here who say, “Ban this breed!” are of the same mindset as the gun grabbers.”
Didn’t mean to hijack or kill your thread.
Billy is just one of my seven boys and girls.
Billy is a Pit Bull, Billy is a massive 64 pounds of solid muscle, gristle, and bone.
Billy’s biggest problem is he believes he is a Lap Dog.
(he also thinks he has a right to lick your face off).
So has murder.......
Just the trailer has me bawling my eyes out. I can’t imagine what the documentary would do to me.
Yes, need box of tissues for sure.
If I were king, Vick would be stripped naked, covered with bacon grease, and put in a large pit.
Dozens of hungry dogs would then be let loose to feast.
The next day, his miserable remains would be hosed down a sewer hole.
I can’t believe the hate toward Vick on this thread..
He paid for his crimes...jail time and loss of a huge income...
Yeah, he’s a dirt bag...
But even dirt bags get a second chance...
My dog is on my lap right now sleeping away...I’d take a bullet for her...
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