November 2, 2009
End Dogfighting
Campaign tackles urban dogfighting
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Agility training funnels the dogs' energy into positive activities. Jeff Jenkins
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Humane education classes cast pit bulls as friends, not fighters. The HSUS
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Sean Moore is a one of our key anti-dogfighting advocates. Saverio Truglia
Street dogfighting is rampant in our cities, perpetuating animal cruelty, violence, and crime. It causes horrible animal suffering and desensitizes young people to cruelty.
In this underground world, whoever has the toughest pit bull is the winner—but the dogs and our communities are the losers.
But The HSUS is on the front lines, offering a new grassroots preventative method for cities to tackle street dogfighting.
In 2006, The HSUS launched its city-wide pilot program to stop street dogfighting, End Dogfighting in Chicago. The program uses the innovative and proven community outreach methods to change attitudes and actions.
Because of its success, End Dogfighting has expanded to Atlanta, and should start classes in Philadelphia and Los Angeles soon.
For more information on getting involved with an End Dogfighting program in Chicago or Atlanta, contact Laurie Maxwell. Don't live in one of these cities? Read how you can bring End Dogfighting to your city.
Michael Vick is participating in the End Dogfighting program to send the message to urban youth that dogfighting is a dead-end road. Watch the video below.
And read Wayne Pacelle's blog about Vick's role in our work to eradicate dogfighting from the U.S.