Tag: dog fighting

Puppy mill raid in Gilmer, TX

Hobson and Reddin charged with animal cruelty
Hobson and Reddin charged with animal cruelty

On October 29th, the SPCA raided a trailer home on County Road 4088, Gilmer, Texas. Mutilated dead puppies were found stuffed in dog food bags. One dead puppy was decapitated. The SPCA seized 37 dogs. Constable Gene Dolle suspects these dogs were being sold for dog fighting. Four puppies were found living in an urine and feces filled bathtub. A cocker spaniel was locked in a closet. Byron Hobson and Jeremy Reddin remain jailed for animal cruelty and other charges. A hearing will take place at 10 am on November 6th at 301 E. Butler Street, Gilmer, Texas.

Google approves dog fighting apps

Google Android app: Dog Wars
Google Android app: Dog Wars

Google’s Android Market has given the green light for dog fighting content unlike Apple which finds the material objectionable. KageGames’ DogWars was the first dog fighting game approved under Google’s policy. KageGames apparently knows their dog fighting app won’t pass iTunes guidelines: “A game that will never be in the iPhone App Store.” Why? According to Apple, “Applications must not contain any obscene, pornographic, offensive or defamatory content or materials of any kind (text, graphics, images, photographs, etc.).”

Dog fighting is felony in all fifty states. KageGames has set up their Web site in South America making them difficult to prosecute. In crime ridden areas such as Detroit, these apps only romanticize dog fighting and the abuse of animals.

Droid Phone Users

If you find this dog fighting app objectionable, report it.

  • Click your application Launcher button
  • Click the Android Market icon
  • Search “dog wars” and click on Dog Wars – Beta
  • Scroll down to the bottom and click “Flag as inappropriate”

There is also a facebook page against the site.