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Pakistan: Dogs for Fighting

Dogs for Fighting

A man walk with a mastiff dog in a small village in the NWFP of Pakistan, on friday, August 29 2008.....According to the Islamic tradition, angels do not enter a house which contains dogs. Even if they are considered "ritually unclean" by the jurists, the fighting dogs of Pakistan are tolerated by institutions and by believers alike. These mastiffs are grown and trained explicitly for these matches. Spectators in this area flock-in from nearby villages whenever a famous dog is scheduled to enter the arena. And this is more than just a show: entire families base their social esteem on the results of such bloody confrontations.

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A man walk with a mastiff dog in a small village in the NWFP of Pakistan, on friday, August 29 2008.....According to the Islamic tradition, angels do not enter a house which contains dogs. Even if they are considered "ritually unclean" by the jurists, the fighting dogs of Pakistan are tolerated by institutions and by believers alike. These mastiffs are grown and trained explicitly for these matches. Spectators in this area flock-in from nearby villages whenever a famous dog is scheduled to enter the arena. And this is more than just a show: entire families base their social esteem on the results of such bloody confrontations.
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