Dog-fighting - 4 seized
Louisville, KY (US)Incident Date: Wednesday, Apr 2, 2003
County: Jefferson
Charges: Felony CTA
Disposition: Alleged
Alleged: Phillip Cox, III
Four men were arrested April 2, 2003 for allegedly staging a dogfight. Neighbors say the fighting has been going on for months. Four pit bulls were seized.
One neighbor, who did not want to be identified, was happy to hear about the arrests of four men, including 22-year-old Phillip Cox III, who lives at the house in west Louisville where the dogfights were allegedly being held.
Neighbors say there were dogfights have been going on for quite awhile, with up to three fights a week.
Animal Control Officer Captain Ann Camp was on the scene Wednesday when police made the arrests. "It just makes you angry to see that anyone could do this to an animal," she says.
Two of the dogs suffered severe cuts to the face and neck. Two others taken away and had older injuries. A neighbor saw the aftermath of a fight from the previous week, saying she overheard two men talking about a dog's ear being torn off before throwing the animal into the trunk of a car and driving away.
The most severely injured dogs picked were taken to a vet. All four dogs will be held until the men are tried and will then be put to sleep. Animal Control has a policy against allowing the public to adopt dogs with violent pasts.
The suspects each face one to five years on felony animal cruelty charges. References
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