 Dog-fighting - 3 dogs seized
Detroit, MI (US)Incident Date: Saturday, Aug 11, 2007
County: Wayne
Local Map: available
Disposition: Open
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Case Updates: 1 update(s) available |
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Three dogs that are currently at the Detroit Humane Society will be euthanized because they were trained to fight. The three dogs were in bad condition at the shelter, suffering from wounds to their bodies as a result of the fights.
Officials responded to a location where a fight was under way on Linwood Street in Detroit, and said they discovered the dogs and made a bust. Humane society officials said it was definitely upper-level dog fighting. They said from the evidence they collected they could confirm it wasn�t considered street fighting, but organized dog fighting. Humane society officials said they must put down any animal that is trained to fight.
The suspects fled the scene and remain at large. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detroit police. If you have information on this case, please contact:
Detroit Police
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(313) 596-2200
Case UpdatesAnimal cruelty investigators and police continued searching for suspects in a dogfighting operation broken up over the weekend.
Investigators found three injured pit bulls in parked cars on August 11. They also found remnants from a fighting pit near an auto shop, which may have doubled as an illegal after-hours bar in the 14000 block of Linwood.
Mark Ramos, a cruelty investigator for the Michigan Humane Society's Detroit office, said Sunday that the dogs, which had bite wounds on their necks, legs and bodies, would be put down.
"Some of them are pretty chewed up," said Ramos. "The wounds are definitely consistent with dogfighting."
Detroit police patrol officers recovered a 3-foot-tall trophy reading: "The Gamest of Show, Aug. 10, 2007."
The trophy, which was dropped by a fleeing man around 5:00 a.m. Saturday outside the garage, had a gold-plated dog figure that investigators said had to be special-ordered. Several other men outside the auto shop fled into a wooded area, police said.
Humane Society investigators searched the garage Saturday afternoon and found a rolled-up, bloodstained carpet in an adjoining garage along with plywood boards believed to have been used as walls for a dogfighting pit.
They also found syringes and a scale used to weigh the animals, as well as a couple of pails and sponges believed to be used for wiping down the dogs.
Police seized 11 vehicles parked at the auto shop, which had a stocked bar and pool tables inside. "We're getting calls from people trying to get their vehicles," Ramos said Sunday. "We're trying to sort out how to put a case together." | Source: Detroit Free Press - Aug 13, 2007
Update posted on Aug 19, 2007 - 8:22PM |
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