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Recent studies have brought upon the evidence that animals may suffer from tragic mental illnesses, similar to humans. Animals have the capacity to have post-traumatic stress disorder or other mental illnesses that can inflict great sorrow. Some animals who have lost close companions have even passed away due to it. 

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“Flint was hit hard when his mother Flo passed away. He became withdrawn and stared into space. He also stopped eating and became weak After a few days, Flint rested close to where his mother had lain, and died.”

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“There is growing evidence that many animals can suffer from mental health disorders similar to those seen in humans.” 

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Animal fighting has devastating mental effects on the animals involved.

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 Dogs that are subjected to dog fighting are often exposed to harsh conditions before the actual performance or act of fighting. The animals can be subjected to drastically harmful physical injuries leading to a lifetime of pain or, in some cases, death. Humans in the business of animal fighting go through intense procedures to prepare animals for the ring. 

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“The dogs are likely injected with steroids, and some breeders go as far as to sharpen their dogs’ teeth, cut off their ears… and add roach poison to their food so that their fur might taste bad to other dogs.”

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It is not only the physical act of animals fighting that makes this sport so dangerous. Before an animal is put in the fighting ring they are usually exposed to factors that can greatly increase their aggression. Dogs are often chained with weights or sometimes even trunked, which is the act of putting an animal in the trunk of a car and driving recklessly to invoke an aggressive response.

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“Fighters usually perform this cropping/docking themselves using crude and inhumane techniques.”

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Animal fighting has devastating physical effects on the animals involved.

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Proof that animals can have serious mental effects is seen through dogs that are subjected to the same conditions as soldiers in war. They suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and are often just euthanized when they return to the United States but now, veterinarians are looking for new ways to help cope with, and eventually recover from, their stress. (further explain how this relates back to how animals participating in fights can have stressful disorders and devastating aftermath)

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“Just as human soldiers can experience post-traumatic stress disorder, so too can canine soldiers.”

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It is not only the physical act of animals fighting that makes this sport so dangerous. Before an animal is put in the fighting ring they are usually exposed to factors that can greatly increase their aggression. Dogs are often chained with weights or sometimes even trunked, which is the act of putting an animal in the trunk of a car and driving recklessly to invoke an aggressive response.

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        Animal fighting has devastating physical and mental effects on the animals involved. 

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“Breeders often pluck the birds’ feathers and hack off the roosters’ wattles and or combs… Since roosters do not have sweat glands, losing these body parts deprives them of the ability to cool themselves.”

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“The conditioning of fighting dogs may also make use of a variety of legal and illegal drugs, including anabolic steroids to enhance muscle mass and encourage aggressiveness.”

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Animal fighting has devastating mental effects on the animals involved.

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Animal fighting has devastating physical effects on the animals involved.