10 Most Popular Fighting Dog Breeds
Today, dogfighting is illegal in most developed countries and considered animal cruelty with huge penalties and even jail time for the owner.
Where it remains legal, the blood sport of dogfighting is divided into categories:
Professional
Amateur
Street fighting
In parts of the Russian Federation and Japan, dogfighting remains a legal sport.
Elsewhere, even if it's officially unlawful to organize dogfighting events, the law turns a blind eye on it in Latin America, Pakistan, some Eastern European countries.
It's even occasionally spotted in the U.S. and the U.K.