More Charges Filed - Pit Bulls Rescued In Dog Fighting Busts

Feds charge seven with promoting illegal activities

By Lisa Wade McCormick, ConsumerAffairs.com

Federal authorities have filed additional charges--and rescued hundreds of more dogs--in connection with Wednesday's multistate busts of dog fighting rings.

Gruesome details of these barbaric contests and the treatment of the dogs continue to surface in this investigation, which the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) calls the "largest simultaneous raid of multiple dogfighting operations" in the country's history.

In this massive crackdown--triggered by a Humane Society of Missouri investigation--authorities have now charged 26 people for their roles in conspiracy to promote and participate in illegal dog fights and rescued more than 350 dogs in Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas.

Most of the dogs rescued from this vicious blood sport are Pit Bull Terriers.

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