Dog dies 4 days after pit bull mauling

[KurtNYC]

70. there are many dogs that live their whole short lives without being seen by a vet

for many it is just a financial thing -- people are doing their best to share what little they have with an adopted dog.

For others it is a dog fighting thing. Since dog sales are mostly unregulated, dog fighting is, effectively, unregulated. I doubt that many fighting dogs go to a legit vet. We know that some of the injured dogs get dumped on the street (alive) but the other ones ? If someone has a fighting dog they want the balls on it because they can sell the puppies or stud. And intact males are far more aggressive -- 85% of fatal dog on human attacks are by intact male dogs.

There are laws against dog fighting and animal abuse in general, and they get used, but in my state, if you want to shoot a deer you have to get a hunting license and buy a tag for each deer you plan to kill in advance. If you want to buy a dog, you simply look at the flyers in any grocery store bulletin board or vet's office lobbies and go buy a dog. Cash and carry. No record of the purchase. NO RESPONSIBILITY for what happens to the animal.

I worked with a maltese that was rescued from a dog fighting ring and my neighbor adopted a Boxer which had also been used in fighting. I think many people have no idea what goes on in dog fighting. They can buy or steal purebreds off the street and use them as bait dogs. That's what the maltese was and he had mega fear-aggression. He would freak out when someone rang their doorbell (a bell like in some fight rings). He died about a year after she adopted him from a heart attack when someone rang the door bell. R.I.P Casper.