Law enforcement agencies shut down an alleged dog-fighting ring at a residence on Rozar-Goolsby Road in Dodge County in March.According to a press release from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Georgia, the United States filed a civil forfeiture complaint seeking the possession of 63 pit bull-type dogs that were allegedly involved in a dog-fighting venture in violation of the federal Animal Welfare Act.
The press release stated that the animals were seized on March 19, 2018, in Eastman, Georgia, by United States Department of Agriculture, Office of Inspector General (USDA-OIG), special agents working with the United States Marshals Service, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Georgia State Patrol (GSP), the Oconee Drug Task Force, the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.
The animals were seized after Georgia State Patrol troopers conducted a traffic stop, which involved a vehicle with an injured dog inside it. Upon questioning, the driver of the vehicle admitted to having been present at a dogfight at the previously mentioned location in Dodge County.
At the reported location, law enforcement agents discovered, the press release stated, “a disassembled dog fighting ‘pit’ and more than 60 pit bull-type dogs staked to the ground by heavy chains. The condition of a majority of the dogs, including scarring and aggression towards other dogs, was consistent with dog fighting and related training”.
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