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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Rescues are a total scam. A bunch of bored people who want you to fund their hobby of fostering dogs.

I went to the south, walked into a shelter, paid a $50 fee, walked out with a dog — the fee covered the neuter too.

In DC, they wanted me to pay $500 for the privilege of an unannounced home visit and someone to judge my lifestyle and tell me my house isn’t good enough for a rescue dog. Then they didn’t even have as many dogs as cute as the pup I got from the shelter.

Do a road trip down south. [/quote]

Imagine a guy walked into that shelter an hour before you did and paid $50 for your cute pup and then used it as a bait dog.   [/quote]

This does not happen. I keep reading about bait dogs, but it is not a widespread thing. How many dogfighting rings could there possibly be that they’re getting bait dogs from shelters?

It’s one of those things that has gotten blown up to the point where people think it’s happening on every block. It’s not a thing.[/quote]
Here you go:
https://worldanimalfoundation.org/advocate/dog-fighting-statistics/#:~:text=Dog%20fighting%20Statistics-,Almost%2040%2C000%20Americans%20Participate%20in%20Dog%20Fighting,(The%20Humane%20Society)

16,000 dogs die annually in the US due to dog fighting

40,000 Americans participate in the dog fighting industry annually

50% of police officers have encountered dog fighting at least once in their careers

[b]Yet 57% of Americans think dog fighting doesn’t happen in their community [/b][/quote]

Because it doesn't. Per your stats above, only .01% of the population participates in dogfighting. So no, dog fighting does not happen in most of our communities and Americans are correct in their assumptions. [/quote]
That’s one out of every 10,000 Americans participating in dog fighting. Statistically, that would be 549 people in the DC metropolitan area. Do you think it’s only happening in remote, sparsely populated areas?[/quote]

Yes, don't be daft. There is no dogfighting in Georgetown, e.g., so it's a safe assumption that Georgetown residents are correct in their assumptions. Dogfighting happens in low income and/or rural areas. If you don't live there, you don't have to worry about it. We had a rescue from a fight camp. Those camps were on the Southside. I know exactly where they were. They were not in the wealthier, more affluent suburbs.

Stop making it out to be more pervasive than it is.[/quote]
Ah, so dog fighting in Kenilworth is too far away from Georgetown to be counted as happening in a Georgetown resident’s community? Even if a Georgetown resident bets money on a fight in Kenilworth?[/quote]

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