Seven people have been arrested and charged with animal cruelty and dogfighting in an alleged dogfighting operation in Sumter Co, SC:
While the pitbulls have been rescued from their life of dog fighting, investigators say it appears from their overall condition that they may not get a second lease on life.
“They’re very skinny, you could see their ribs. They didn’t live in good conditions,”says Sumter County Sheriff’s Department Captain Allen Dailey.
Five pitbulls being used in what authorities say was an illegal dog fighting rind are in the custody of animal control. Investigators say a sixth dog died Monday.
I guess Sumter Co hasn’t gotten the HSUS/Michael Vick “We’ve changed” memo. For the record, skinny can be fixed by a thing called feeding and it’s not a valid reason to kill a dog. The dogs in the video do not appear emaciated to me.
Contact info for Sumter Co Sheriff’s office is here. Hopefully HSUS has already contacted them to advise that bust dogs should be evaluated and sent to rescue if the owners have signed them over to the county. But if you don’t want to count on HSUS, you might want to contact the Sheriff’s office yourself.