Cheers for Knock Out Dog Fighting

This summer I taught the "Kids~N~Kritters" summer camp for the Humane Society of El Paso and one of the topics they learned about was animal cruelty and dog fighting.  I tend to get emotional when I see or talk about it but I knew it was important to expose these kids to the reality of it.  Today, while on Facebook I saw that a friend of mine had posted a video from an organization I'd never even heard of and I'm so glad that she did!

http://www.knockoutdogfighting.org/index.html

I suppose the Michael Vick case was a blessing in disguise because it brought light to the problem.  This underground sport had finally been exposed.  I don't hate Michael Vick and I know he's trying to do better now after having served his jail sentence.  I know we all deserve second chances 'cause lets face it, we are human and that alone is our biggest flaw.  But the victims of dogfighting deserve second chances as well.  I had no idea that these dogs were automatically euthanized.  It doesn't make sense.  They didn't ask for this kind of life.  Humans train these dogs to kill.  They serve their two year sentence and that's it, they're free but the dogs, the victims get put down.  That is NOT okay.  It should be the other way around......just kidding.....but not really.

What also breaks my heart is that pets that are advertised on the Internet or in the paper are used as bait to train these dog fighting canines.  Again, the animal isn't the one to blame.  It's the human.  It's just not right.  This is just another reason to support Title 7 in El Paso, Texas because you can never guarantee that a pet is going to a good home.  The reality is that sometimes, well, people suck.  Title 7 will definitely prevent these poor animals from suffering any longer.  Shouldn't we all want that?