Animal Protection Remains Elusive in China

Last year, The Beijing News reported that the pit bull was the fighting dog of choice in the capital. In other parts of China, the Tibetan mastiff was popular, the newspaper said. Dog fighting in nearby counties was well organized, and people often gambled between 1,000 and 20,000 renminbi, or $160 to $3,300, on a single encounter, it said. Read more