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The state has finally banned these events for good. I am completely drained after this fight but the cruelty in those rings has ended. Keep your eyes open to ensure these practices do not return in any form.

January 4, 2014

Petition To make dog-hog rodeos illegal in Alabama

Petition To make dog-hog rodeos illegal in Alabama

🏆 Won — 3,777 supporters Verified

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Started by Anonymous 22 years, 5 months ago
In Clarke County, Alabama a cruel source of entertainment is held. They call it hog/dog rodeos. This is where they say they can show off a dogs hunting skills by putting the dog in the ring with a pig. The dogs, mostly pit bulls, will then attack the pig by biting it in the neck, snout or anywhere. The pig has no escape as the \"human handlers\" stomp on the pigs faces and kick them to the ground if they try to protect themselves, to allow the dogs to get a better \"lock-jaw\" bite. The pigs scream in pain as dogs chew their snouts, ears and tails and the crowd cheers and laughs. The kids are involved as well, racing to be the fist to wrestle down a pig with a taped snout and broken leg. People pay admission to sit on bleachers, hear music and watch as pigs are destroyed by dogs. This so called form of \"entertainment\" is nothing but cruel animal abuse at its worst. I need your help to shut down this horrible rodeo. Clarke County has not made any charges or arrest because there is controversy on if the rodeo is illegal or not. We need to make this illegal. And I believe it needs to be illegal in the whole state of Alabama. Who is to say they will not move to the next small town. You can help by signing this petition to have the hog/dog rodeos stopped. I will be sending this petition to the governor and state commissioner of Alabama in one month or less if we can get enough signatures. Please tell your friends and forward to anyone who can help.

Updates

Reached 2,500 supporters

October 15, 2013

Reached 1,000 supporters

March 7, 2004

February 19, 2004

We just hit one hundred signatures. It is exhausting work to keep looking at this, but knowing others see the same cruelty makes it harder to turn away.

Reached 100 supporters

February 18, 2004

February 17, 2004

Reaching our first hundred signatures will send a blunt message that this cruelty is no longer ignored. Please post this link to your social feeds so we can finally force someone in power to pay attention.

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Wendy Rincones
7 years ago Featured

Please OUTLAW the cruel and inhumane practice of using dogs to hunt wild pigs. Please consider other methods of wild pig population control, such as designating land for hogs to be displaced to, and controlling breeding of the species. Allowing dogs to hunt them is inhumane and unnecessary.

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Regina Clayton
11 years ago Featured

This is despicable. Are there no animals safe from humans. These people are sadistic, greedy cowards making dogs killers and inflicting untold cruelty, slow lingering torture on the pigs. It must be stopped.

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Patricia Frazier
11 years ago Featured

In order to be considered human, compassion is necessary. Your behaviour lacks compassion for a sentient being. A pig has the intelligence of a 3 year old human. Would you allow 3 year old human children to be attacked by dogs? Stop this inhuman behaviour now.

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Constance
12 years ago Featured

This is nothing but a cruel blood sport, the same as dog fighting. Put an end to this reprehensible and cruel exploitation of animals for the sick pleasure of the few. Enact immediate legislation to make any forced fighting between animals illegal ~ what are you people thinking ? !

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Debbie Williamson
12 years ago Featured

I cannot believe that this sort of cruelty is legal. This needs to be stopped NOW. This "entertainment" is on a level with dog and cock fighting, and the perpetrators of this violent abuse should be locked up.

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Anonymous
2 years ago

inhumane and cruel, very disturbing.

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Dan Najimian
3 years ago

Barbaric activity, enjoyed by uncivilized people, must be banned as animal cruelty.

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naomi yokoyama
11 years ago

This is so terrible and this is true animal cruelty to let the dogs bite and bite until they die. I wish people that this will just go to hell and never return as they belong with the devil.

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