CHICAGO (AP) — The Illinois State Crime Commission hopes that a $5,000 reward will prompt people with information about dog fighting will come forward.
In a news release, the commission says it is offering the money to anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest of conviction of people taking part in dog fighting in DuPage County.
The commission says a big problem is the theft of dogs to be used as “bait’ for the fighting dogs to “practice on.”
It also says that besides stealing from dogs from yards in suburban and rural areas, the people involved in dog fighting find the “bait dogs” on web sites where people offer free dogs because they are moving or can no longer handle their pets any more.
