Dog fighting raid

By EMILY RASINSKI/The St. Louis Post-Dispatch

July 12, 2009 | 7:08 a.m. CDT

Dogs stand chained before being taken away by Humane Society officials in St. Louis on Wednesday. The Humane Society of Missouri seized about 300 dogs in raids of dog fighting operations in Missouri and Illinois.

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