Citizens unite against dog fighting.
Citizens unite against dog fighting.
CHICAGO—According to a press release announcing the formation of Safe, Humane Chicago (a coalition of the city, police, animal rights and community advocates), the educational and monitoring program responds to the high correlation (70%) between animal abuse/dog-fighting and those arrested for violent felonies against people.
Research by the Massachusetts SPCA and Northeastern University shows that those who attend dog fights and witness other forms of animal cruelty are five times more likely to commit violent crimes against people.
In most cases, children exposed to the ruthless violence of dog fighting and animal abuse at a very young age become desensitized to violence, resulting in children more likely to grow up and become violent themselves.
In one of the most extensive community-wide partnerships to address violence in the context of dog fighting, the Dog Advisory Work Group (D.A.W.G.), the Alliance for Community Peace, the Chicago Police Department, and other city agencies, organizations and community advocates gathered last week to announce the Safe, Humane Chicago initiative—an aggressive citywide campaign to reduce the abhorrent practice of dog fighting and other associated violence.
“Bottom line, the real victim of dog fighting is society,” said Steve Dale, author of the twice-weekly national column “My Pet World” and host of two nationally syndicated radio programs on animal issues. “Safe, Humane Chicago is the perfect beginning to what needs to happen all around America. We need the public to understand the reality of this violence and call for it to end.”
Maureen Adams
June 27th, 2008 at 7:16 am
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