Can the Dogs Be Rehabilitated?

After doing more research on these dogs and finding out more horrifying facts, the number of dogs that police or animal patrol find in these underground dog fighting is absolutely outrageous. Some dog fighting raids will gather more than 500 hundred dogs from one facility. While reading one article it said that the local authorities and feds were teaming up across eight states to form the largest underground dog fighting raid ever. “Twenty-six people were arrested (five of whom are scheduled to be sentenced to as much as five years in prison on Dec. 8 in St. Louis, Mo.), and more than 500 dogs were rescued, most of them pit bull terriers.” Usually when these dogs are rescued in a raid like this they are severely beat up and look like they have been put through a grinder of some kind. A lot of times the dogs will have eyes missing, or scars around their necks from heavy objects weighing them down, or they will be limp and unable to walk normal. The outcome of these fights is never positive and the rehabilitation process for the dogs can be long brutal. “Busting a breeder means taking custody of the dogs, yet no police department or sheriff's office has the resources to kennel, treat and attempt to rehabilitate dozens, let alone hundreds, of abused animals.” Luckily there are people in this world who care enough to save these dogs and help them get back to as normal as possible. In this case the Humane Society of Missouri and animal protection agencies and thousands of volunteers all joined together to help heal these injured dogs. They opened up an empty warehouse and made hundreds of kennels to hold the dogs in. They also were given plenty of food from many different veterinarians and local feed stores. All of these kind acts will help save these dogs and get them back on their feet. Although there are so many dogs to treat, it does cost a large amount of money to treat all the wounds on these dogs. Depending upon the condition of the dog, the doctors will see how much they can do, but nonetheless these animals are being rescued and taken away from a life of hate and disgust.

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