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September 24, 2009 9:31 AM

Dog Fighting at Daycare Center: Did the Children See?

(CBS/AP)
CHICAGO RIDGE, Ill. - Blood spattered the garage of a home day care that was also the base of an alleged dog fighting ring, authorities said Wednesday, describing battered and malnourished dogs and the devices used to train them found not far from where children played.

Three men were charged Wednesday, including the day care operator's husband, and authorities were seeking two others. Authorities had initially said four people had been arrested.

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July 10, 2009 4:00 PM

Photos: Inside Dog-Fighting's Brutal World

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NEW YORK - Despite a massive sting operation across at least five states that rescued hundreds of dogs this week, dog-fighting continues to rear its ugly head in underground operations around the country.

In this slideshow, Crimesider takes a look at the victims, the perpetrators and asks why does this dirty trade persist?

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May 20, 2009 9:34 AM

BREAKING: Michael Vick Leaves Prison

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Michael Vick outside a federal court where he pled guilty to a dogfighting charge in August 2007. He was released from prison today.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Suspended NFL star Michael Vick left a Kansas prison before dawn Wednesday to begin home confinement in Virginia, one of his attorneys said, the latest step on a journey that Vick hopes will lead to his reinstatement.

Vick, who turns 29 in June, slipped past waiting cameras and reporters to leave a federal penitentiary in Leavenworth after serving 19 months for financing a dogfighting ring. He was headed to Virginia by car to begin two months of home confinement at his five-bedroom house in Hampton before a scheduled released from federal custody on July 20.

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