Dogs and things to think about...

I had this great post I was going to post. It was about my grandmother and how she inspired me to knit and read and all sorts of other things. Her birthday would have been July 16 and if she were still alive she would have been 102 this year. But in light of some recent things that have made it into the news that post will have to wait a couple of days.

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As you know I have animals. I love animals. I am also a HUGE football fan. Well some things have been brought to light in the last couple of weeks about Football and Basketball players involved in Dogfighting. Dogfighting in and of itself is bad enough. Dogs fighting other dogs or other animals until they can longer fight anymore or they have killed the other animal. But the humans who promote this activity are far worse than the animals killing each other. Owners of these animals have been know to shoot, electrocute or even drown the animals. The reasons for this are in response to a dog not fighting fiercely or aggressively enough.

These animals are being bred to be mean, they are being mistreated. Because the wounded animals dont get appropriate medical care so they often die of the wounds or of infection several days later.

Dogfighting is illegal in all 50 states. Some states still consider it a misdemeanor though.

As is if Micheal Vick, who is the one being indicted of these crimes in the NFL, is found guilty the maximum sentence is 3 yrs and a 250, 000 dollar fine.

One of the other things that was brought to light during this investigation is that small children are often in attendance at these dogfights. This breeds insenstivity towards animals and makes them think this sort of thing is ok. And it most definitely is not.

The people who do this have no respect for animals or for life. They will sometimes use bait animals to train these dogs - bait animals being small dogs, rabbits, cats. It turns out that these people are not all back alley people. They are athletic stars the we look up too. They are people in the public eye, that little children look up to.

Please do your own research. There are some articles on ESPN.com, and the United States Humane societys web page. Also if you do a google search some good articles come up on how to help.

Thanks for listening...

I promise next time there will be knitting content