There are more than 30 organised dog fighting incidents happening in Wales and England every month in 2023, a leading animal welfare charity has said. The RSPCA has revealed that it has investigated 1,156 incidents of organised dog fighting since 2019, and the charity has said the figures are increasing starkly.
Wales as a whole features in the top five locations for dog fighting incidents, with 55 known incidents since 2019. London has seen the most organised dog fighting incidents with 91 in the last four years. Across Wales and England there were 355 incidents last year, up from 232 in 2021. So far this year the charity has already dealt with 155 cases.
The dogs used are selected based on their inherited aggressiveness to fight instinctively and are pitted against each other with the aim of inflicting as much pain and damage as possible. Most dogs used for fighting will ultimately either be killed in the ring, die as a result of their injuries or in some cases will be killed by their owners. You can get more story updates straight to your inbox by subscribing to our newsletters here.
