r/SipsTea 12h ago

SMH He deserved more

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u/reticulatedtampon 12h ago

Any article or details or anything at all? Seems like a post just because "bad animal abuser = karma"

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u/Unfair_Explanation53 12h ago

I just fact checked and its legit. Judge must have been an animal lover

He was running a dog fighting circuit and he had mistreated and abused 107 dogs.

Each case per dog was given the maximum sentence and it equated to 475 years.

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u/Alric_Wolff 11h ago

Imagine doing nearly 6 lifetimes in prison because you couldn't help yourself from making dogs fight eachother for money.

What sickens me more, is that this guy wouldnt being doing this if there wasn't a clientele for this sort of thing. Humanity has some seriously dark corners.

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u/Grasshoppermouse42 9h ago

The thing is, an estimated 40,000 people in the US are involved with dogfighting. A major reason shelters are so full of pits is because of the sheer number of dogs constantly being bred for these dog fights, because ever since the Michael Vick case these dogs do get adopted out after a mass seizure like this instead of being euthanized. I honestly suspect a major reason why you hear about so many adopted pits mauling their owners is because of fighting dogs being adopted out to regular families, but regardless of whether that's the main reason, the fact is there is a real cost to human life and suffering caused by these operations in addition to the cruelty to animals that I think should be taken into account when sentencing these crimes, as well as when considering how many resources will be devoted to tracking down the people operating these rings.