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UPDATE: Georgia Dog Fighting Bill One Step Closer to Reality

Non-Civil Judiciary Committee says bill is ok to move forward

By Jon Dunn, Best Friends Animal Society

This morning inside the Georgia State Capitol, 16 lawmakers debated the merits of a bill that would severely punish those involved in the cruel blood sport of dog fighting.

The bill working its way on the house side is H.B. 301, not the bill of state Senator Chip Rogers, but the language is still strong and supporters are happy with today’s news.

Sen. Rogers, like most Georgians, is anxious to see stiffer penalties for those who dog fight. He is now working closely with house member Rep. Bobby Reese of Gwinnett County to make sure legislation passes in 2008.

The bill passed the committee, by a 15-1 vote.

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Photo Courtesy of Jamie Lantzy, via Wiki Commons

Posted Jan 16 2008, 03:50 PM by Jon_Dunn

Comments

Posted 18 Jan 2008 10:04 AM by Kendra

15 to 1? I wonder who the one jerk was who voted against the bill...

Posted 18 Jan 2008 10:53 AM by D2or3

I thought the same thing right off -- Who is the fool who thinks it's OK to have weak dogfighting laws?

Best Friends, do you know?

Posted 21 Jan 2008 9:12 PM by suev2v

I am totally up for taking the trip to the Capital Building in ATL in Feb to lobby for this tougher dog fighting bill......don't know anyone so if any of you are going I'd love to hear from you!!!~SV2

Posted 24 Jan 2008 2:09 PM by troublemaker

Must be a Vick relative or sympathizer.
Glad to know it went through!!! One step closer.

Posted 25 Jan 2008 10:15 PM by georgiagirl

Here is a link to the Georgia Legislature. You can follow the progress of the bill here. You could also search for other dog fighting legislation.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/search/hb301.htm

Posted 29 Jan 2008 7:18 AM by coastalgal

After Georgia please take on South Carolina!!!
I will be glad to help.

Posted 29 Jan 2008 10:06 AM by JaneLMW

If you'd like to read about the two bill in the GA legislature go to http://www.georgiapoliticaldigest.com/politicalnews.shtml

You can click on the article heading to go to the full story. One of the stories identifies the lone representative voting no. There are two bills, and the principal difference seems to be whether a spectator at a dog fight would be guilty of a misdemeanor or a felony. Unfortunately, the misdemeanor bill appears the most likely to pass and be signed into law. Still, it's a victory for the dogs and a step in the right direction.

Posted 17 Mar 2008 10:22 AM by rescuerCalifornia

Wanted to pass this along. I just learned that Amazon.com is selling books on dog fighting. I put in "dog fighting" in the search bar and the first one that came up was titled, "The Dog Pit - Or, How To Select, Breed, Train And Manage Fighting Dogs, With Points As To Their Care In Health And Disease". A few people protesting won't do anything but many voices can get these books off their website. At the very least tell others that Amazon is perpetuating horrible crimes against these dogs by selling books that glorify it.