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this example just shows how cruel owners can be just to pull out all the stops to win against the other dog opponents.

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“many are taunted and starved in order to trigger extreme survival instincts and encourage aggression”

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Many dogs are encouraged to be aggressive as dogfighting is a cruel sport and they want one dog to win by either killing the other dog or brutally injuring the other opponent.

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this example that was stated could show that from the physicality of the situation of the “rape stands” could turn into a psychological abuse that affects the dog mentally and could make the female dogs feel inferior or make them depressed.

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"Female dogs are strapped down on “rape stands” to prevent fighting while males impregnate them”

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another example to show that they could be affected mentally is that …

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this connects because this evidence shows that they are kept in an agitated state and not in a healthy and stable state so it further develops into aggression or depression in many of the victims (dogs) of dogfighting.

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“They are kept chained and locked in crowded cages, far away enough not to kill each other, but close enough to put them in a constant state of agitation, said Smith.”

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Not only are the dogs beaten and battered physically they are also abused mentally, in the ways that they act and behave.

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Not only are dogs affected physically but they are affected mentally as well. Such as in the ways that are pitted against each other and the aggression that is provoked.

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This piece of evidence further shows that the physicality of the situation is very rough and that it definitely effects the dog in a not so positive way.

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“ Dogs are encouraged to fight to the death, and the fight can go on for hours—until both dogs are exhausted and at least one is seriously injured or dead.”

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As for another example as of the breeders/owners abusing the dogs.

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This quote shows that the owners go the extra mile to make sure the dog is mistreated and to make sure that they make money in the process of the fight so the dog wins.

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“Many dogs are injected with steroids, and some dogfighters even sharpen their dogs’ teeth, cut off their ears (to prevent another dog from latching on), and add roach poison to their food so that their fur might taste bad to other dogs.”

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In ways of the physicality of the situation they take precautionary measures to make sure that the dogs either get sick in the process or get hurt

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it connects because they are being mistreated and beaten and it shows that the owners take no true ownership to the dogs and that they do not value to the dog physically at all.

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Since they rarely take the animals to the vet, breeders will staple the dogs wounds themselves, pump them with antibiotics, or leave them in a ditch to die. As a result of both the severe physical and mental damage, veterinarian experts said that 9 out of 10 of these dogs are euthanized.The losing dog is often disposed of by electrocution, beating, or drowning, Smith said”

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Dogs that are in dogfighting are to be assumed very abused and beaten, to the extent that some of them die.

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In the physicality of the situation the dogs are neglected and abused brutally by their owners or breeders.

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Main claim: Dogs that have been in dogfighting have been both affected physically and mentally in these awful situations

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Main claim: Dogs that have been in dogfighting have been both affected physically and mentally in these awful situations