Why is NAACP equating Dogfighting with hunting?

Question

They have set the black man back 50 years!
Dog fighters are often involved in the sale and possession of drugs, as well as illegal weapons. Dog fighters and spectators have a history of violent and criminal behavior towards people. 
Dog fighting is another entertainment activity for gangs. 
They train them on small dogs and cats to fight. Many times they steal them out of yards when people leave their pets out unattended all day. They end up as Pit Bull bait dogs. Also "free-to-good-home" animals can also end up for bait dogs. They'll tape the bait dog's mouth shut and just let the Pit kill them.

JAMES YOU SAID IT!

Where's the "hunting" in dogfighting?
Brilliant-Thanks.

Answer 1

They are trying to vindicate Vick's actions using the arguement, "Well (mainly white) people hunt and kill animals all the time for sport....But when a BLACK man kills (or, in this case, arranges for the killing of) animals for sport, The Media and "The Man", throw The Book at him!"

There are SO many things wrong with this position.

Hunting, for starters, is hardly an exclusive white sport. Look at some of the folks icons on this sight. We have black hunters right here on answers! The U.S. , in all of her wonderous diversity, is ONLY 12% black. My statistic is old, and there may be a few percent difference currently, but my point will still show itself so bear with me. If you visited a well intergrated city that was 12% black, 60% white, the remainder being of all other ethnicities, you will see more white people walking down the street than black people. It's just the math. Similarly, if you go out to the woods to see hunters, you will see mainly hunters who are white. But it gets even more complicated here. Demographically the U. S. isn't thouroughly and evenly mixed by race in all areas. A large percentage of blacks live in urban areas. Rural areas tend to be of either mostly black or mostly white folks, but there are numerically more rural areas consisting of mainly white communities. If we visited the hunting woods in Louisana or Mississippi, we'd see more black hunters than white ones, for in some places, Black people are more predominate than Whites. I don't know what percentage of the country hunts. I'd guess that it's a solid 30%. Of that number, I'd hazzard to guess that it's about 18% black, 75 %white the remainder being of other races. That means that a larger percentage of blacks hunt than the percentage of blacks in the population!
But the point is, just because if you could stand all the hunters in the country in one place and look at them you'd see mostly white faces, doesn't mean that black people don't hunt!

That being said, hunting is not a white man's sport.
It belongs to us all, equally.

Hunters HUNT wild animals.
REAL HUNTERS know that they call it hunting, because there is no guarantee that on any given day you go hunting, that you will even catch sight of your prey. Wild animals have an excellent chance to elude any and all hunters. Think about it. We have limits and guidelines to ensure the animals we have reproduce and thrive will continue to do so in perpituity.
MOST wild animals never encounter a hunter. Even if they do, they still can and often do, successfully evade the hunter.
Many hunts end up with the score " Home - 1 , Visitor - 0.".

Dog fights don't work that way.
Dogs are domesticated animals,
Bred to trust men.
There IS no HUNT.
There IS no evasion.
There's ALWAYS a kill.
For the sake of witnessing violence.
And BETTING MONEY on it.
It's not sport.
There's no sport in forcing an animal to kill or be killed for gambling purposes.

Furthermore, Don't assume dog fighting is a black activity,
While it may be gaining in popularity among gang types, it's appeal has been mostly regional. Like Hunting, if you could see all the folks involved in dog fighting, you'd see MOSTLY whites. I'm pretty sure we started it. The free men of Rome were predominately white, and I believe dogfighting originated in this gladitorial enviornment.

There is no connection whatsoever between the sport of hunting and the crime of dogfighting.

Mr Vick was no arrested for any reason concerning race or hunting. He was arrested because he broke the law in a most inhumane manner, and,
...... when he gets off with less time than he deserves, it's because he is RICH and FAMOUS, not because of civil rights concerns.

Answer 2

What does this have to do with the NAACP I don't get it.Why because he is a rich famous black man?How did this set the Black man back 50 years.comparing Dogfighting to hunting is one of the stupid things I ever hered.Why not compare it the circus from what I understand some of those animals are mistreated somtimes.Or horse racing,dog racing the list goes on and on.I think that fans of Vic are trying to come up with anything they can to defend him.Eventhough he is guilty.
The bottom line is that he is a sick and twisted person who needs help and I hope they will make an example out of him.
But they won't due to all the publisity this is getting.I hered some Judge back in June saying They are gonna make examples out of celebs who break the law.
I bet Vic will have a light jail sentence if any but he will have to pay expensive fines.Next year he will be playing ball again.

Answer 3

Wow we are all Racist that is a good one!!! I knew the race card would be played it always is. That is the easy way out!!! I could careless if this was a Black or White guy what he did is terrible!! Hunting is a sport that is not inhumane ( though I'm not a hunter myself) To take a dog and starve it and beat it is stupid!!! He also was Gambling and as you seen with the WHITE ref in the NBA is illegal. Yes I said WHITE ref. Was that Racist ? I never said anything like that but you play the weak race card. It is for weak people with no Confidence in there own skin!!! Vick is a larger then life person and that is why he is all over the place.

Answer 4

What is your source for this information? I'm not aware of the NAACP taking a stand such as you mention here. You have some very strong personal views here and I support a few of your "idea's", but you need more facts than just your own personal opinions to back them up..Why feed the frenzy? The facts speak for themselves, and stiring things up doesn't accomplish anything worthwhile....

If you are personally not part of the "solution", then you must be part of the problem.......Do you honestly think for a minute that dog fighting is limited to Black people?

Answer 5

NAACP should just keep there trap shut! I don't know who's worse, them or the PETA! They both stir up unnecessary conflicts. Hunting and dogfighting are two totally different things. Hmmm, let me see. A hard working family loving, supporting husband that takes time to learn and become an ethical hunter. Harvests animals (that will likely suffer from worse deaths to Begin with.) that will feed his family for some time. OR, a guy who wakes in his buddy's house (b/c he didn't pay rent.) around 3pm from being hungover and doesn't have a family worth mentioning, gets up and goes over to some hole in the wall to haggle over what dog is going to die last! Don't know about you, but I think the NAACP has to much time on there hands. Don't they have better things to do, like, cry more and more about not being treated equally. Hell, there the ones with more rights than I. I'm not even going to go there. lol. But we are now the minority. Thanks to poor immigration!

Answer 6

The NAALCP has done more to detriment the people they claim to help then they've ever helped..

Pit bull fighting is an illegal activity done by dumasses with too much time on their hands, whitetrash, blacks, hispanics and these people doing it are generally on the low end of the gene pools. They don't value much of anything except the next piece of crack cocaine, methamphetamine, or Old Milwaukee brew.

Hunting has nothing to do with it, other then PETA and the NAALCP have decided to make a co-agenda.

Answer 7

hunting is not just shooting a deer. all of you who think that are nothing but money loving tree huggers that have nothing else better to do than put down someone else to make yourself feel better about all the bad stuff that you do! hunting is for the meat. i bet dog fighters dont take those dead dogs to the taxidermist to get their dog meat cut up and made into steaks or beef jerky!! also deer hunting is part of controlling the deer population. if there were no hunters then you would prolly hit 12 deer on your way to work! how would you like that? hunting is not even comparable to dog fighting.

Answer 8

I think its just out of ignorance. People know that people who practice hunting and fishing in a responsible manner contribute to the well being of our planet by maintaining a balance of wild life, creating millions of job and generating revenue for the government to stock rivers, lakes and streams. Responsible hunters have a great respect for wildlife and their are many rules to follow when one participates in these activities. In dog fighting none of this exists. There is no respect for mother nature in dog fighting. Anyone who eats meat and fish can not be critical of the sports of hunting and fishing.

Answer 9

Why would the NAACP care about hunting and dog fighting? Aren't they too busy screaming about how mean and oppressive white people are to black people?

Answer 10

You are trying to compare Apples and Oranges*. Dog Fighting and Hunting are two (2*) distinctively different activity's*. The question is unworthy of answering*...