Will The New GA. Dog Fighting Laws Hold Up?

source: HSUS website.


Madison County, Ga. — The Madison County Sheriff's Office, acting on intelligence provided by The Humane Society of the United States, raided "Shake Down Kennels," an alleged dogfighting operation in Danielsville, Ga. Johnny Johnson, the apparent owner of the operation, was arrested and charged with felony dogfighting. Authorities seized seven dogs along with suspected dogfighting paraphernalia.

"Today's raid is the first salvo in what we hope will be a long list of law enforcement actions that utilize Georgia's newly strengthened law to end the horrible spectacle of dogfighting in the state," said John Goodwin, manager of animal fighting issues for The HSUS. "The Madison County Sheriff's Office deserves great recognition for taking such quick action against a suspected dogfighting operation. The raid shows that once law enforcement is given the necessary tools, they are ready and able to bring animal fighters to justice."

Information regarding Shake Down Kennels was first provided to The HSUS via its tip line, 877-TIP-HSUS. The HSUS animal fighting tip line was established as a pro-bono venture by Atlanta-based security firm Norred & Associates in the wake of the Michael Vick case so that Georgia residents can easily report illegal animal fighting to authorities.


You can go to the HSUS website and order an information packet that includes reward posters and brochures that you can put out to let people know that the HSUS offers a $5000.00 reward for information leading to the conviction of anyone that is fighting dogs or that attends a dogfight. If you know of someone that is breeding dogs to fight, fighting dogs or is attending dogfights, call the number in the paragraph above this one. You can remain anonymous.


I see so many people in our area that are selling Pit Bull puppies. If you are intent on getting one, please, please look at the bloodlines. If you find any of these bloodlines, don't buy and report the breeder. The fighting bloodlines are: Redboy-Jocko (shortened to RBJ in many classified ads), Jeep, Mayday, Barracuda, Chinaman, Frisco, Eli. There are more. But these are the most prominent. I have met some really nice Pits, but I also have met some that were so vicious they needed to be put down. The people that owned these dogs didn't fight them, they just didn't do the research and bought from a backyard breeder, because they "wanted one so bad."