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Animal Groups Offer $4000+ Reward for Information About Dog Fighting in Spokane Valley

May 15, 2017 by Seattle DogSpot 6 Comments

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The Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service (SCRAPS) has been investigating reports of dog fighting in the area. Last weekend SCRAPS issued a press release regarding a dog with extensive injuries that they euthanized. 

WARNING: The press release has some disturbing language regarding the injuries to the dog SCRAPS found:

Possible Dog Fighting Ring in Spokane Area

Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service continues to investigate a possible dog-fighting ring in the City of Spokane Valley.

Earlier this month, an animal protection officer responded to a call at Trentwood Elementary. The officer found a pit bull tied to a dumpster covered in blood.

They took the animal veterinarian who saw old injuries as well as new wounds.

Unfortunately, they euthanized the dog due to the severity of its injuries.

$2500 Reward for Information about Dog Fighting

SCRAPS is asking any persons with information to please call them immediately at (509) 477-2532. Animal Cruelty 1st Degree (R.C.W. 16.52.2) and Animal Fighting (R.C.W. 16.52.117) are class C Felonies, punishable by five-years in prison and/or a fine of up to $10,000.

Since the story was released, the Humane Society of the United States is offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of animal cruelty. In addition, private citizens have contacted SCRAPS today and have donated another $1,750, increasing the reward to a total of $4,250.

For more information, contact SCRAPS at (509) 477-2532 or go to www.spokanecounty.org/scraps.

Signs of Dog Fighting Activity

  • Multiple pit bulls in one yard with locked and/or privacy fences. They are individually tied out, unable to reach other dogs.
  • Dogs wearing tight thick collars.
  • Dogs with scars on head, throat, legs, and ears
  • Tires or pieces of leather suspended several feet off the ground from trees to provide jaw-strengthening activities
  • Treadmills for exercising dogs
  • Materials dog fighting pits are made out of: plywood panels with blood splatter, blood stained carpets
  • Dogs leashed with heavy chains to metal posts in the ground with or without weights on their collars
  • Frequently moving dogs in cages from a house
  • People and dogs coming and going frequently from a site and gathered in “unusual” places such as an abandoned house, empty warehouse, residential basement, and barns
  • Dogs forced to pull heavy items such as chains and tire rims to strengthen muscles
  • Extreme, uncontrollable aggression towards other animals, especially other dogs

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  1. Robert Christerson says

    May 15, 2017 at 4:26 pm

    No reward needed ..will get donated to real 501 c ..

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    • Seattle DogSpot says

      May 15, 2017 at 4:37 pm

      What do you mean?

      Reply
  2. David says

    July 14, 2017 at 7:55 pm

    My dog was recently stolen in the Spokane Valley he ran away due to fireworks on the fourth but always returns this time no he’s a good size American Bulldog 70 75 lb but he looks like a pitbull I have a feeling that that’s what happened to him and it just breaks my heart something needs to be done anything to stop this thank you

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    • Seattle DogSpot says

      July 15, 2017 at 8:08 am

      I’m sorry I hope you find him soon.

      Reply
  3. Barb says

    July 14, 2017 at 9:32 pm

    This is old old news from several years back. It seems to be a problem in reality everywhere but this instance is not current news. I just confirmed with the director of SCRAPS.
    Thought you’d want to know. ☺

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    • Seattle DogSpot says

      July 15, 2017 at 8:07 am

      Right. It was posted in 2014.

      Reply

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