Mitchell Report?

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I also do not feel that dog fighting is that big of a deal. I live in the Midwest where hunting is a major past time. Fellow classmates when I was in HS could get out of school justifiable by going hunting. You would have thought the man killed a human being rather than an animal that we kill all the time because we do not want to take care of them.

Killing dogs for sport and hunting wild animals are like comparing apples and automobiles. They are not even remotely similar.

Dogs: Domesticated animals, family pets, man's best friend, etc. Not meant to be killed for not performing up to dog fighting standards.

Hunted animals: Wild animals, not normally associated as pets, license required to hunt them, hunted for sport for centuries, used as food to feed the hunters' family (except trophy hunting, which is just wrong).

If what Vick did was not wrong, why are there laws against it and why is everyone sickened by it? We don't prosecute hunters because they perform a service by thinning out the overpopulated herd. Killing dogs is just cruel.