Before writing “Pitbulls get a second chance,” I, like many others, knew little about the world of dogfighting. I don’t recall ever hearing anything about it until the explosion of media coverage following the 2007 raid on Michael Vick’s Virginia-based Bad Newz Kennels.

As far as I knew, the NFL quarterback’s high-profile arrest and imprisonment were among the first of their kind; his crime a sick glitch in an otherwise civilized society. Read the full story