Students learn what a dog fight is, explore why young fighters might get involved, and then dig deeper to compare the ideas and
images of dog fighting that they might encounter through friends and media with the realities, both for people and pets.
Not exact matches
Parents should know that this film includes diseased and starving animals, children and adults in peril, murder, death
of parents, child injured badly,
dog fights with animals injured and killed, skeletons, some disturbing
images including surgery, brief strong language, and references to
dogs mating.
Although enraged at the
image of a Michael Vick killing
dogs for fun and profit, the notion
of dog fighting is turned off with the evening newscast.
At Best Friends, we
fight breed - discriminatory laws, and work hard to change the
image of the pit bull terrier nationwide through Neighborhood Pit Bull Days, advertisements, and more to give these
dogs the chance to make it out
of shelters and into the arms
of loving families.
Although the
image of a
dog humping a person's leg, a pillow, or another
dog can draw a laugh in a movie or on television, in real life it can be annoying, embarrassing, and even cause
fights between
dogs.
When people think about animal cruelty, their minds usually start with an
image of a
dog chained up outside in the cold without any food, or some kind
of dog fighting ring where pit bulls are raised to viciously attack one another.
Pit bulls conjure
images of illegal
dog fighting rings and brutal attacks, but that's all about to change.
Join the 505 Pit Crew and help Animal Humane work to end
dog fighting and reverse the negative
image of Pit Bulls and Pit Bull mixes.