Sentences with phrase «for bear baiting»

The Boxer was bred for bear baiting.

Today's bulldog is different from the dog that was used for bear baiting and bull in England.

Not exact matches

Famous for his contrarian approach to investing, Marc Faber does not run with the bulls or bait the bears but steers his own course through the maelstrom of international finance markets.

There are enough people looking for a reason to take religious organizations» non-profit status from them as it is, but to deliberately «bait the bear» by purposely speaking about a politically charged subject, such as the health care law, is to hand it over on a silver platter.

Its like bear baiting for the press, especially NOT helped whena team that SHOULD be challenging fails to, a manager who should be improving fails to, and a club who SHOULD be spending and showing MORE ambition... fails to.

Colorado and Oregon voted against requiring labeling for GMO foods, and bear biologists in Maine were happy that the voters there rejected a measure that would have barred the use of food bait, which the scientists say is an important tool for population management and research.

Bear biologists had come out against the measure, arguing that baiting was an important tool for managing problem bears and research.

Raylan soon teams up with his long beleaguered boss, Chief Deputy Art Mullen (Nick Searcy), to track down a person who may or may not be involved with Arlo's bag, but again this is mostly a superficial bait and switch that exists as a framework to highlight a promising array of new villains: Preacher Billy (Joe Mazzello) and his wife, Cassie (Lindsay Pulsipher), who may be using a traveling tent show to horn in on Boyd Crowder's (Walton Goggins) enterprises, which enticingly suggests the potential for a showdown that could pointedly play on Boyd's own discarded past as a hypocritical born - again Christian; Colton Rhodes (Ron Eldard), a former military police operative recruited as Wade's new right hand; and Randall Kusik (Robert Baker), a brutal bare - knuckle brawler who has a closer relationship to Raylan than he knows.

It took hundreds of years of selective breeding to create dogs aggressive enough that they were fit for bull - and bear - baiting.

She was a good little bulldog, hanging on for dear life, just as her bull and bear baiting ancestors of old did.

The American Pit Bull Terrier is a descendent from the English Pit Bull Terrier, a breed that goes back to the 1800s when it was used for bear and bull baiting.

As with the Staffie, these dogs made for good bloodsports — used in bull baiting, bear baiting and pit dog fighting.

They were first used in 3000 BC as arena gladiators and for bull baiting, bear baiting, and dog - on - dog combat.

An active board and statewide structure has provided MFOA with the ability to organize an develop coinciding two - year campaigns to support revamping the State Animal Welfare Program, addressing the cruelty of coyote snaring and treatment of circus elephants, from establishing our «Dogs Chained for Life» and Pet Club programs to submitting a State referendum to ban bear baiting, hounding and trapping, from focuses on canned hunting, puppy mills, horse racing / slaughter to the eight pieces of legislation that have improved the lives of Maine's dogs and cats, MFOA has led the way in Maine.

It was one of the breeds used for bull and bear baiting before the 19th century when sports such as cockfighting were common place and animal rights not yet fully in place.

While larger Bulldogs were used for baiting bulls and bears in the 18th century, when dog - fighting became more popular they needed a smaller more agile breed with a terrier's «gameness» and so starting crossing with the popular terrier breeds of the time.

When bear - baiting and bull - baiting were phased out in 1835, the Pitty came to be used for rat - baiting and dog fighting instead.

The American Pitbull Terrier is descended from English Terriers and Bulldogs, bred in England and Ireland for the purpose of baiting bulls and bears.

Just as the Bulldog was originally bred for bull and bear baiting, dog fighting was part of the APBT's original purpose.

, this $ 5 add - on will be available for download on PC, Xbox 360, and Playstation 3 and will allow you to bring all the fun of Krusty the Clown along with the mania of Sideshow Bob to bear on the battle for fish bait supremacy.

The game features a total of 10 weapons, including a C4 stuffed teddy bear that acts like zombie bait, which is great for getting that combo up quickly.

Adult Swim Games and Devolver Digital are THE best publishers for indie titles that are actually fun & good — instead of the boring, «artsy» award bait garbage most game critics fall over themselves to recommend.

Yea these animals were bred for bull baiting and bear hunting.