COLUMBIA, S.C. — A man in Richland County has been arrested on several charges after holding an illegal dog-fighting ring in his backyard. 24 abused dogs were rescued last Saturday from the horrific conditions that Jacobi Anthony Green, 21, was keeping them in. The police were responding to a call about a stolen motorcycle when they came across the illegal operation. When Green saw the officers entering the premises, he attempted to flee the scene but was caught before he could get away.
Deputies say that there were 16 dogs and 8 puppies living in the backyard where they were suffering from neglect and malnourishment. The authorities immediately knew it was a dog-fighting ring as they discovered heavy chains, a weighted collar, a spring devise, a pit and other dog fighting paraphernalia located behind the house.
In addition to recovering the dogs, authorities also claimed the stolen motorcycle, a few stolen lawnmowers, a trailer, and a small amount of marijuana. Green has now been charged with two counts of animal fighting and baiting, resisting arrest, receiving stolen goods, threatening the life of a public official, and possession of marijuana.
The abused dogs are now in the care of Richland County Animal Control, where they will begin their road to rehabilitation. Dog fighting in the U.S. and all around the world is an ongoing problem. With the industry worth an estimated $500 million a year, the abusive enterprise continues to suck people in and harm the lives of innocent dogs.
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- There were 8 puppies at the scene.
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- The dogs were malnourished and suffering from a page of injuries.
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- The rescued dogs will now begin their road to rehabilitation where they will hopefully be adopted out to loving families.
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I can’t even imagine witnessing something like this in person. I have to either turn the channel or turn the volume down and cover my eyes when its on a tv series or on a movie on my tv. They had a scene on the show Sons of Anarchy, which I love but I couldn’t watch that part of the episode… it just sickens me, owning two myself. These are dogs, living, breathing, bleeding creatures that ha e the same nerve endings and pain feelings we have. My dog had a bite taken out of his side at a dog park from a Rottweiler, it wasn’t a full blown attack by the other dog and my dog wasn’t even phased by it because he went on to play with his friends. I didn’t notice until we got home and saw the fleshy wound. It was large but it wasn’t really bleeding. Of coarse at that point it has dirt and grass shoved up in it! When I took him to the vet and told him I didn’t even know he had it until we got home, that he didn’t cry out… he had the nerve to say, they were bred to not feel pain! I fricking looked at him and told him to NEVER say that to me again! He needed surgery for that wound because there was muscle damage and it was close to the spine, he had a cool lightening bolt scar though. I’ll tell you, after the surgery… he felt the pain and needed two pain killers for it. See, they’re all just dogs! They feel pain just like other dogs. People that make dogs to fight, should have the same injuries done to them… it’s despicable and there’s a special place in jail and hell for them!😡🤬😡