'Dogfighting is a blight on humanity, one that has no place in the Northern District of Florida or anywhere else,' Lawrence Keefe, the United States attorney for the Northern District of Florida, said in a press release.
A pit-bull appears to be undergoing fight training in an image seized from the phone of defendant Derek Golson.Federal agents arrested five individuals pursuant to a 44-count indictment documenting their operation of a dog fighting ring in northern Florida, the Department of Justice announced this week.
The defendants are accused in a 20-page indictment of creating"C Wood Kennels," an outfit that would be used to facilitate their dog fighting transactions, according to prosecutors. The operation allegedly involved buying, selling, housing and transporting dogs in preparation for fights, including to other states.
The indictment first details Murph's involvement in the ring in 2016, when she is accused of performing surgery without a veterinary license on injured dogs in order to secure their ability to continue to fight. This surgery involved removing dogs' ears, a common practice, along with tail docking, in the dog fighting world,Appendage removal ensures there are fewer opportunities for attacking dogs to latch onto something and cause injury.
The defendants are accused of maintaining and ongoing correspondence over the ensuing years, working to organize several fights between the dogs in their custody. In one message listed in the indictment, Murph texted Golson in May 2017 agreeing to hand over a so-called bait animal that he could use as a test dummy for his own dog, Captain, to"attack and/or kill." This would allow Golson to"evaluate Captain's fighting temperament.
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