Step Into The Ring

    Welcome and thank you for visiting. The making of Survive The Fight was to inform the masses about the negative effects of dog fighting on communities.

    Back in 2004, there were a little fewer than one hundred cases of dog fights reported by Philadelphia police. The number began to gradually increase until 2009 when over 900 cases were taken. In 2010, the number jumped again to 1,177 cases! A number that is nearly triple that of 2008. Such a rapid increase depicts the importance of finding a way to stop dog fighting in not only Philadelphia, but all over the world. With the newfound awareness you will recieve from Survive The Fight, the chance of that happening becomes all the more likely.

Dog Fighting Makes Headlines

    Throughout the years, dog fighting has evolved from the backstreet alleys, to mainstream kennels, and even to the world wide eye. Until Michael Vick, the famous quarterback of the Philadelphia Eagles, was convicted of animal abuse and dog fighting in 2007 the public was not aware of the seriousness of dog fighting. He opened his own kennel with the help of three other associates in Surry County, Virginia. When his operation was discovered, he suffered major consequences, such as being suspended from his NFL team, the Atlanta Falcons, without pay, losing the thirty-four thousand dollars worth of property in Virginia, and being sentenced to twenty-three months in a federal prison. Since then, he has become the root of many hurtful jokes and had to live, not only with the felony, but with the bad example he set for thousands that admired and looked up to him. Michael Vick proves the animals are not the only ones negatively affected by fighting.