Sentences with phrase «like bull baiting»
Not exact matches
Cold hearted people will skim the Internet looking for free dogs, typically smaller breeds, to use as bait dogs to train their dog fighting dogs, or to train free dogs, like pit bulls, to become fighters.
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The fierceness was retained in those breeds that were used for such brutal sports like bull - baiting (e.g. Bulldogs) and others became the guardians of herds (e.g. Great Pyrenees) and the rescuers of people (e.g. Saint Bernard.)
The Staffordshire Bull Terrier's roots lie in pre-nineteenth-century Britain, when blood sports like cock fighting, bull baiting and even bear baiting were popular pastiBull Terrier's roots lie in pre-nineteenth-century Britain, when blood sports like cock fighting, bull baiting and even bear baiting were popular pastibull baiting and even bear baiting were popular pastimes.
«I've never seen anything like this» veteran Bay Area animal rescuer on kittens used as pit bull bait, legs bound.
The brindle Pitbull traces its ancestry back several centuries to England, when Bulldogs and Terriers were cross bred to create a strong, brave dog used in sports like bull - baiting.
Bull - baiting is a sport more like the Thunderdome in Mad Max is a «sport.»
In 1835, the UK passed the Cruelty to Animals Act, which declared bull - baiting (and bear - baiting, and lion - baiting, which are what they sound like) illegal.
A dog (Olde English Bulldog) that looked much like today's American Bulldog was originally used in the 1800's in the British Isles to «bait» bulls.