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• Position: Bill to ban hog-dog rodeos - Brief Article

A bill to ban hog-dog rodeos, where pit bulls or American bulldogs are encouraged to attack hogs or feral pigs, is being considered in Alabama. "I can tell you I have never seen anything in my life as inhumane and disturbing as this practice," says Representative Cam Ward, a cosponsor of the bill. Alabama has tire highest concentration of known fighting pens. The so-called rodeos feature hogs, usually with their tusks removed, released in a pen with the dogs who go after them, biting their ears and pulling them to the ground. The contest is timed. The dogs are sometimes suited in...