Activists: Dogfighting Grows in Popularity
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Michael Vick's indictment on dogfighting charges has brought the cruel activity into the headlines this week. But animal-rights activists say the practice is nothing new, and is, in fact, growing in popularity.
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SURRY, Va. -- Informants have come forward saying they can link Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick to dog fighting, the prosecutor in the case said Thursday, and he has turned their accounts and contact information over to investigators.
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Every fighter Ward faces is Dudley Do-Right, and in every bout Ward is Snidley Whiplash. American athletes are not riding a tidal wave of love at these Olympics, and the boxing fans are particularly expressive in their anti-US sentiment.
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The number of armed pilots has grown even larger than the air marshals program
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NEW YORK - After preliminaries stuffed with enough lawsuits and trash-talk to make Don King proud, the first of TV's battling boxing series faced its opening round Tuesday.    Fox's "The Next Great Champ" takes 12 amateur boxers and has them compete for a contract with Oscar De La Hoya's promotional company and a title fight within the World Boxing Organization...
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Documentarians say that the upswing of activism in filmmaking is not merely an election-year phenomenon.
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A new political party campaigning for animal rights across the UK is to be launched.
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RICHMOND, Va. -- People have told investigators that Michael Vick was involved in a dogfighting operation at a house he owns in Surry County, the sheriff said Wednesday, and Vick will be charged if investigators can find evidence backing those claims.
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MIAMI -- One evening last week, two roosters in a ring surrounded by cheering spectators pecked and clawed one another in a fight to the death. With each lunge, feathers flew, then floated to the ground. Finally, one bloodied bird, its eyes plucked out, lurched and faltered.
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By Patrick O'Driscoll  Prairie dogs fight for home on the range as suburbs spread. Rodent relocators try to strike a humane    balance of city and wildlife.    BOULDER, Colo.
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Animal rights activists demonstrated in front of the the leagueâs headquarters, as the N.F.L. grappled with the fallout from Michael Vickâs federal indictment on charges related to dogfighting.
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Tensions among the Russians are on the increase as they compete for trophies, commercial opportunities and visibility.
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Young people -- easily mobilized through the Internet and mobile phone -- are a vocal and radical force in Hungary's near-tribal political conflict, now increasingly being fought out on the streets.
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Ten men were found guilty Thursday over a brutal dog fight that cost the lives of two pit bull terriers and prompted fears that the illegal sport was drawing more fans in Britain.
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Protesters intensify their campaign against Sunday's election results.
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Long the domain of men in its home country, Thai boxing is beginning to attract a growing number of girls and women in Thailand.
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Pro-hunt groups say sport is more popular than ever despite ban on hunting with dogs