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Robert C. Byrd Remarks Following the Indictment of Michael Vick on Dog-fighting Charges (2007)

Dog-fighting, reports the Houston Chronicle, simply breeds violence.
Mister President, as a dog owner, and a dog-lover, I can not even begin to understand how human beings can be so cruel to man's best friend. Over the centuries of time, these creatures of God have made a place in our hearts as well as in our homes. Dogs have endured as our devoted companions that provide important emotional support to humans. That the mere petting of these social creatures can lower blood pressure in humans.
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Robert C. Byrd Remarks Following the Indictment of Michael Vick on Dog-fighting Charges (2007)

Even the winner of a dog-fight commonly suffers from massive bleeding, ruptured lungs, broken bones, or other life-threatening injuries. The training of these poor creatures, weigh those words, the training of these poor creatures, weigh them, the training of these poor creatures to turn themselves into fighting machines is simply barbaric, barbaric, BARBARIC!
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