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Dogwalk Musings: Idaho Behind Times on Dog Fighting

Item: Idaho may toughen dogfighting law: State one of only two in nation where crime is not considered a felony /Tom Greene, Coeur d’Alene Press

Where can a person force a living creature to fight to the death and if it fails wet it down then electrocute it, hang it, drown it or shoot it and face no more than a fine of $5000 and/or six months in jail? No. Not the Spokane police department. Idaho. Along with Wyoming, the only states where dog fighting is not a felony. If this were done to a human being one would be jailed, if not executed, and the key thrown away. Why should it be less for a dog? Or any animal. Remember cock fighting? — Dogwalk Musings

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Question: Should dog fighting be a felony in Idaho?

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