After hearing that Michael Vick said that mixed martial arts was the same thing as dogfighting, Tito decided to get involved. The former Celebrity Apprentice contestant and UFC champ posed in the MMA cage to encourage his fans to stand up for animals who are being tortured for what some sick people consider “entertainment.”
Dogfighting is an illegal and barbaric blood sport that not only hurts the dogs who are pitted against each other but also claims the lives of countless other animals who are used as “bait” during training. Dogs used for fighting are often chained or penned amid their own waste and are teased, taunted, beaten, and starved so that they become aggressive. Dogs who lose fights are often hung, drowned, beaten, or electrocuted. Those who survive sustain excruciating injuries, often develop infections from untreated wounds, suffer broken bones and torn flesh, and are forced to fight repeatedly.
When asked about his dogs, Tito said, “Man’s best friend, that’s what dogs are for. I have two dogs that I love, and [I] treat them like family.” Find out more about his dogs and listen to what he’d like to see happen if he stepped into the ring with a dogfighter in behind-the-scenes footage from his peta2 shoot.
Thanks, Tito. If you suspect that dogfighting is going on in your area, report it to law-enforcement officials right away.
If you’re looking for more ways to help dogs and other animals, join the peta2! It’s a great way to help animals and get free stuff, which sounds like a win-win situation to me.