Documentary: The Champions By Darcy Dennett

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Documentary: The Champions
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The argument proposed in The Champions: Pit Bulls only become a vicious when treated harshly with abuse.

Agree: In The Champions, producer and director Darcy Dennett explains the consequences over 50 pit bulls have experienced coming out of an illegal dog fighting ring ran by Michael Vick, Atlanta Falcons former quarter back. Today, many organizations have come together to help many homeless and hurt animals. Although corporations like PETA and the Humane Society have refused to take these animals in. Animals who have experienced actions like hanging, drowning, and electrocution when refuses to obey can negatively impact how they react to humans and human contact. These actions causes dogs

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