[LORHEL]

Just got the new issue of dog World. One article is: Indiana Considers Dog Fighting Bill.

"A bill being considered by the Indiana Senate would allow police to arrest people found with dog-fighting training equipment, such as a training treadmill or parting sticks. Under current law, police in Indiana much catch the fighting dogs and their handlers IN THE ACT. If passed, Senate Bill 366 would classify POSSESSION of the equipment alone as a misdemeanor. If police find scarred dogs with the equipment, the charge would be upgraded to a FELONY. :)

"We're trying to make is easier to make an arrest," says Christina Dickerson of the Humane Society of Indianapolis. Fighting dogs are often kept in outdoor pens. Some break loose, roam their neighborhoods and attack people-especially children, because the dogs are trained to kill small, fast-moving objects. "One police officer told me he knows dog fighting has taken hold somewhere close when 'Pit Bulls and Rottweilers [are] roaming the streets and the stray cats disappear," says STEVE DALE a Chicago-Based Journalist who writes a monthly column for DOG WORLD....

LETS HOPE THIS ONE GOES THROUGH FOLKS!!