DNA has come to be a very critical tool in helping to determine guilt or innocence in many criminal cases. You can’t watch a murder mystery or an episode of CSI without the topic of DNA being brought up at least once. DNA has also been used to free mistakenly incarcerated prisoners for crimes they didn’t commit.
Now DNA is being used as a tool to help crack down on dog fighting and assist in cementing a firm conviction against these criminals. There is a newly established 
nationwide database of the DNA of animals seized during dog fighting investigations. The hope is that with the help of this database, authorities will be able to link abused fighting dogs with the creeps who have trained and handled them.
Arresting the guilty parties is difficult and this underground crime is very difficult to bust during the actual fight. Now with this DNA database, police can now compare blood at the scene of a suspected dog fight to matched samples.
This scientific backup will be able to make a connection to the dog and hence it’s owner.
It is estimated that a total of over 100,000 dogs could be forced into this heinous act. With scientific proof, the chances of the criminals getting off on a technicality are less likely and a guilty verdict will be easier to get with solid proof.
This canine DNA database was initiated by the ASPCA and the Humane Society of Missouri and Louisiana ASPCA. It is referred to as the Canine CODIS.
Every year these poor dogs are submitted to cruel and torturous conditions living in constant fear and surrounded by death and violence. It’s a multimillion dollar business that is the cause of thousands of deaths every year.
The bulk of the database began with 400 samples supplied by the Missouri Human Society and was collected from dogs seized during the largest dog fighting bust that has ever occurred back in 2009.
No related posts.
