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More local news on Pit Bulls except this time it includes a high-profile breeder. http://www.charleston.net/stories/040904/ loc_09dogfight.shtml

I copied the entire story below because the Post & Courier online requires you to register with them in order to view stories. Its harmless to do so, for those who want to read the article there, but I figured many would balk.

thanks for posting this, Tara. i'm always happy to see an old 'dog man' go down.

I knew of Tant's existence in my county but never put two & two together. I knew there was a large, highly-sought-after breeder of 'extremely game' Pits & that his name was Tant but didn't realize it was *the* Tant. I should have. His lines are very sought after around here for gameness and I suspect they also make up much of the byb population. Last weekend alone there were 8 ads for Pit Bull puppies in Charleston. Today there were 5 which means tomorrow there'll likely be more. Many of them tend to tout Red Boy/Jocko & Jeep lines (Yellow is from a Redboy x Jocko breeding IIRC) as selling points although thankfully I've seen a decrease in using the word(s) 'game' & 'EXTREMELY game' in ads.

These lovers of Pit Bulls, the ones loving the history & keeping pit fighting & dogmen going strong, are not helping the breed much when they continue with illegal activity & then get busted with hordes of dogs. Nothing wrong with hordes if you can handle it but it just doesn't look good when you're a known dogman and have that many dogs on your premises & take such extreme measures to keep intruders out. I think that trying to cut out the fighting population factors into BSL sometimes and if these people aren't more careful, or don't stop (as I'd like to see happen), then my state may join the BSL bandwagon as a means of trying to stop the 'sport' of dog fighting. That's something I'd like to see *not* happen.

there are a few cities in my state with BSL due to trying to stop dogfighting (and the drug trafficking that seems to go with it). but somehow i doubt it works. dogfighting is already illegal, so they obviously don't care about the law. i somehow doubt that banning the dogs would accomplish much either. it's kind of like gun control. you have to enforce the laws you already have, making more laws isn't going to change anything.

i hope some of the dogs are able to be rehomed.