Undercover Investigation of Dogfighting Gangs
(28 votes, average: 3.68 out of 5)
Dogfighting is a blood sport utilized for entertainment and may also create a revenue stream from stud fees, admission fees, and gambling.
This BBC Documentary shows an Undercover Investigation into the secret and dangerous world of international dogfighting. For a year and a half, a BBC undercover team operated alongside dogfighting gangs in the UK and Europe, capturing on camera the savagery of organized fights. The film also reveals how American pitbull terriers – a banned breed created to be the ultimate canine gladiator – have been sold by the gangs into inner city Britain.
Dogfighting Undercover
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Filo01
i can’t get the video to play in full screen mode
, could somone please fix vid format plz!!
February 8th, 2009 at 5:36 pmhedde
American pit Bull terrier is a great breed !! Perfect as a family dog, greatest dog breed there is !!
Just sad what the media turn this breed into !! The breed isent any worst then other breeds, have any of u ever had one? Before u judge one breed to death -Think , do u realy think a hole breed should be banned just because a idot teenager got a dangerous dog from a guy in a Pub ?? As said her there are kids comming in to hospital every day bitten, how many are from APBT’s?
Ignorense gets a breed banned , what breed is next? The Staffordshire ? German Sheppard ? Retrivers ?
August 5th, 2009 at 3:52 pmFIRST TRUE POLITICiON ON PORTUGAL
i have a female pitt bull and she is the most simple nice intelegent dog the dog reflects the woner and his eviroment…my dog walks the street by her self evry kid every cop knows her and likes her,of course dont screw with her aaauggggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
August 23rd, 2009 at 8:31 pmFIRST TRUE POLITICiON ON PORTUGAL
when they discouver a fight they should kill the mens not the dogs they should help recouver the dogs…should we kill the thousens of pitt’s in the military and the police ha haha
August 23rd, 2009 at 8:34 pmJessica
I cant believe the ignorance of people..
ANY dog is capable of attacking and killing! There are more lab Attacks then there are Pittbull attacks to humans..Pitbulls Are LOYAL to people. They crave human Companionship and attention. Dog aggresion is bred into them.. But DA is MUCH MUCH MUCH different then Human Agression.. These people are idiots and know NOTHING about these animals.. Then again, they do what they can to get ratings, and pittbulls get ratingd because of the Naive and dumb people in this world.
September 6th, 2009 at 8:48 pmElise
The dogs aren’t bred to be human agressive. The dog owners train them to be agressive to other dogs. It has nothing to do with the dog’s agression, it’s about it’s will to care for his owner.
Pitbulls are wonderful dogs. There is no such thing as a bad dog, there are only bad owners.
September 29th, 2009 at 5:27 amTrain your dogs responsibly!!!
timbo
For many years i owned an akita inu it was a loving and loyal dog and once woke me up prior to my house nearly burning down.A better guard dog i could not have owned but; It also mauled a rottweiler, killed four cats (that i know of),tore the flesh from a foxterrier and bit a friends leg (whom i didnt like anyway).I never mistreated this dog or ever encouraged it to fight nor did the owners that i got her from , in fact it would sit quietly while i watched tv,lay under my bed while i slept and guard my indoor garden while i worked (lol). even though it was loving towards me i knew that i could not leave her outside by herself,roaming the streets (btw anyone that lets their dog roam is an idiot and should not be allowed to own an animal), with small children or even immediate family. I always kept her on a lead when i walked her and crossed the road when ppl where passing. I was well aware of her genetic heritage and what she was cappable of as SHE WAS BRED for the purpose of hunting and protection.
October 21st, 2009 at 5:13 amThis week 2 pple have been mauled by pitbulls and at least 5 incidents this year that i know of have occured. the reason pitbulls attack other dogs is that they are bred for fighting other dogs plain and simple the reason that they attack pple and small children is because they are not the owners of the dog so when someone says that their pitbull is loving and loyal to them well i think…….NO SHIT!! but that does not mean they will feel the same about a total stranger. You cannot ignore or pretend that the pittbull has not been for a long time bred for the purpose of dog fighting and that any Pittbull may have the will to attack.
Josh
There’s a reason you must inform your home owners insurance provider of your pit ownership in many states: they are terrorizers of the first degree. keep stranger’s children away from them. I personally know of a half dozen pits put down, due to attack, and only one example of another breed. You do the fucking math, apologists.
February 16th, 2010 at 11:31 amOlivia
Bullcrap they have no place in our homes, this doco is pathetic. Open your mind, any dog can attack, these dogs are bred to be dog aggressive NOT human agressive, yes you get the odd dog that will attck a human, but that is with any breed.
March 28th, 2010 at 10:19 pmnisse
worst journalism EVER!
April 7th, 2010 at 5:37 amDi
OK… BBC, since when does a dog wake up and decide it’s going to be a viscous breed, get it’s friends together and decide killing each other for money is a good idea???
May 5th, 2010 at 1:26 amThese are human acts!
This is more about the MYTHS of the Pit Bull! The problem is the fighting rings, and the PEOPLE creating them! The killers are at the other end of the leash, not the one wearing the collar!!!!! Pit Bulls are like any other bread, acting as there owners ask!
When is society going to punish the bastards owning, operating, and making money off these fight rings?
Margie Nelsen
THE PROBLEM IS THE OWNERS AND THE TRAINERS AND THEY NEED MUCH LONGER JAIL TERMS OR MAYBE LIFE SINCE THIS SEEMS LIKE AN ADDICTION. BLOOD SPORT AND THIS CRULETY IS BEYOND MY COMPREHENSION. WHY ARE THE SENTENCES SO LITE?
May 12th, 2010 at 11:39 pmJOSH
A Dog is born innocent it’s the owner who flipping affects the dog. If you train a pit-bull properly it is less likely to bite a person as a Labrador. It’s the flipping owners who are doing this. What is this gambling on a dogs death what kind of sport is this. These type of dog owners are retards. PUNISH THE OWNERS NOT THE BREED.
May 21st, 2010 at 3:59 pmBuk
Totally agree – its the people that make this happen, but that doesnt mean its a bad documentary, they name and shame and target major people and even get one of them arrested. The fact that its american pit bull’s always involved is because they’re the best fighting dog and therefore thats what dog fighting owners have. They’re not targeting APB’s on this doc, if they did that they would have carried on about genetics and breeding and how through selection aggressiveness and fighting attributes can be enhanced. They would have shown that although they are channeled to be aggressive to other dogs and not humans, that aggression cannot be controlled completely if the dog perceives a threat or animal instinct takes over and the dog goes for a weak human (a child), remember that predators (carnivores) pick of the vulnerable prey or even mistaken identity, a small child could easily be mistaken for another animal in the right circumstances. They would have had vets trying to prove the danger of APB’s over other breeds. Yes they had a child plastic surgeon show how the dog bites were from APB’s, but that wasn’t to slam APB’s, that was to show that these were not bites from pets but rather from actual dog fighting APB’s. In other words its the fact that the law has done nothing to stop dog fighting – it need’s to aim at the people involved, which is what the documentary aimed at, why the hell would they have risked taking camera’s to every meeting they had with the kingpins and other stakeholders. The fact of the matter is that if they brought down the people (which they worked so hard to expose), their would be less ill-treated fighter-bred APB’s on the streets who are likely to blow a gasket and kill someone, and only well-loved therefore loyal loving APB’s out there. Although it has to be said – YES their are attacks by other commonly perceived loving dogs like labs or retriever’s, which just goes to show how powerful that instinct in them is – after all they are animals, one should always take precautions no matter what the breed.
July 23rd, 2010 at 8:34 amBuk
and that bloke that electrocutes the injured pit bull, what a sick ****er, if it was really that badly injured why couldnt he have shot it in a more humane way, he didnt even kill it first time, that poor poor dog, i wish i could attach those clamps to his fricking balls and see how he likes it. but thats what kind of people they are, sick sick sick people.
July 23rd, 2010 at 8:41 am