Perhaps hoping to take some of the heat off their whale hunting and dolphin killing countrymen, the residents of Kochi in western Japan held one of their traditional dog fighting contests over the weekend, with tenacious Tosa dogs tackling each other’s, erm, tackle.
The fights themselves, whilst far from affable, are thankfully not to the death, with a set of judges scoring the animals on temperament, stamina and injuries inflicted, allowing successful entrants to gradually work their way up the ranks — the top slot being reserved for the Yokozuna.
Like this cuddly looking companion for example.
For a bit more in-depth info, this post in the Tokyo Times archive is possibly worth a peek.
Or not as the case may be.
Bea says
that is so disgusting. Humans are despicable at times. Makes me feel ill just thinking about it.
shinobi says
I’m placing my bets on the one on top!
Keyonna Eifert says
Ha!
The ignorance you have! Do you know how so many so called “fighting” breeds are dying out becuase of things like this. People need to relize not every pit/mastive/tosa/dogo is bad. It’s how they are raised and trained. Yet they are illegal all over and put into death row at pounds all over! Why? Becuase of the people who choose to fight these innocent creatures, AND people like YOU who take news like this as a joke. So many people are dedicating their time to help this, but you nah your just picking your nose and crackin’ jokes…that aren’t funny.
tm says
I saw Trivia (the JP show) on this topic. The trivia was that in dog wrestling, the dog can be disqualified for “Hentai”.
What is Hentai as it pertains to dog wrestling?
Its when one dog begins humping the other dog.
bill says
this is the most disgusting website i have ever come across. i cannot believe that dog fighting is permitted anywhere.
… how can you just stand by and watch two dogs inflict serious pain upon one another?… and for fun! stupid chinks
Cameron says
Racist and wrong. They don’t inflict serious pain on each other.
Keyonna Eifert says
That doesn’t look painful to you?
David Johnson says
There is nothing racist about objecting to dog fighting. Gee, they don’t fight to the death but only sustain injuries. Have you ever seen what a dog bite can do? I have, having been bitten by a Husky once. Dog fighting is cruel. Humans should progress beyond such cruel and violent activities.
Dave says
Right on…. i got the bottom one. It’s ahold of the dick
david says
Right on, dogs that want to fight should be able to fight. I have wacthed over 100 dog fights with cajun rules and whenever a dog quits that is when it is over, just like humans.Dogs have no souls, people do, yet they are still allowed to fight and kill one another. We need to make dog fighting legal in usa Cause it was supposedly a free country, George washington and abraham lincoln foght and referred cockfights.
Keyonna Eifert says
Are you crazy! So many usa fighting rings are also drug dealing too, and that’s a fact! Obviously not all people have souls if you want to make this legal. So many of these fighting dogs are denied vets, food, water, and abused. Not to mention the vigourous training and pain that is pused upon them. Ufc/boxing I get that who cares a person can clearing state what they want. A dog can’t. What do you speak scooby doo?
Jenna says
to david:
are you kidding me? i feel so sorry for people who think like you. its one thing to have people fight because they can decide if they want to our not, but for animals to fight because humans make them? thats despicable. to say that because america is a free country that makes gives everyone the right to torture animals? and who gives a fuck if george washington and abraham lincoln fought and reffered cockfights. george washington also had slaves, but that defiantly doesn’t make it right. to say that dogs don’t have souls is just a stupid remark. dogs have feelings and therefor have souls. honestly, where is your heart? let alone your brain.
Keyonna Eifert says
Couldn’t agree more with you, he’s crazy!
Kobyashi says
Dogs have no souls. feelings? yes souls? no i agree although i dont get much entertainment out of it i agree with david.
David Johnson says
In any event, having a soul or not seems irrelevant. Pain and suffering is the issue. But I cannot resist: what’s the evidence that people have souls? What’s the evidence that dogs do not? How can you assert some subjective belief as objective fact? Silly nonsense. We are all cut from the same evolutionary genetic “cloth”.
lauren says
I Own Three American Pit Bull Illegally In England, They Have A Beautiful temperament, im a KC registered dog breeder and no daid you are WRONG if kept as a family pet or working dog meaning, shepherding and the like, they are a calm, patient, placid animal which is capable of being left with children, dogs were not MEANT to fight, the only animals who are dumb enough to fight for fun are humans, now inflicting our humanization onto animals is plain cruel, animals fight for a reason, and its not for entertainment. RedNosePitBullKCRegistered.
ronald says
To the asshats who support dog fighting:
You better be glad as hell that I don’t rule the world. Because if I did, I would put both you mental/moral midgets in with a pit bull and see who wins. I would bet on it. I would love to see your face chewed off. I would laugh histerically as your cheeks get pulled away from your skeleton, and bet 100 more bucks!
You coward low-lifes love to stand back and see who wins, but don’t have the stones to take on one of those dogs. Did your dad beat you? Were you raped and sodomized as a child? If you weren’t, you qualify as one of those folks the rest of humankind like to call “evil.” And if you think that’s a compliment, trust me, when you experience hardship in life. You will know why.
Cameron says
So you’re fighting back against people who support dog fighting by making them fight a dog, for money as well, even though the dog could get hurt? Do you think before you type?
Maggie says
Exactly. If you think you’re such a big strong man for abusing animals, then go on and fight the dog with your own bare hands. You’ll lose of course, but thats the point 🙂
Keyonna Eifert says
I agree with what you say, except for you wanting to put the ‘asshats’ in with a pitbull. That makes the pitbulls all sound viscous when that’s not true. Granted not all pits are nice, but all beagals, labs, and retrievers arent nice either.
Garland says
DOGS!!! Look at what people around the world do to animals from bull fights to cock fights, oh by the way look at the pork or beef you just ate the way the are killed is real easy… NOT!!! These same people who are crying about dog fighting wouldn’t lift a finger to help the homeless or children in need, see other PEOPLE! hurt or harmed and look the other way, but we are OUTRAGED! by dog fighting.
Bull fighting is ok we don’t keep bulls as pets,
so what that they die a slow painful death.
Im not an animal love or hater Im a human with all the frailtys that come with it. My and your sensiblitys are not the worlds sensiblitys.
Keyonna Eifert says
Your right bull fighting is cruel, but dog fighting needs more attention brought to it. We should end all animal abuse in general!
jesse says
why the hell do u guys thinks its ok to hurt animals david ur a fucked up homo and i hope you fall in a pit and starve to death u little bitch.
have a great day to yall who like animals!
Jenna says
hah. i like your’s the best. that dude is fucking ignorant. animal abuse of any kind is a disgrace and i think anyone who does it should be tortured equally.
austen says
u are all cock suckers and need a life so fuking quit abusing dogs
NOYB says
Dog fighting is SICK and WRONG. Period. People who do is should be killed.
jake says
this is fucking terrible…for this to be allowed anywhere is totally ludacris…..I dont feel the least bit bad calling you a bunch of low life chink monkey look alike fucks….that includes all of you …why? cause you cant come together and put a stop to it….I wish i could take turns in a little ring with all of you sick fucks and tear your body apart…. and have everybody laughing and joking as it happens…sick low life disgusting fucks
Cameron says
Another racist… what gives you the right to judge a whole race of people for what a small population is doing? Besides it sounds like you would do what the dogs never do, “tear their opponent apart”, so you are worse than the owners of those dogs.
Maggie says
Listen, i can understand its cruel and should be ended, but calling Japanese “monkey look-alikes” doesn’t make you look good either. It’s just racist and gross. Not all Japanese support this. In fact, from what i’ve researched, more and more of the newer generation in Japan is against this cruelty. The real problem is the individual. Not the race.
jake says
btw david give me your address so i can come curb stomp your fucking face…i bet you i can…sound fun?
shorty says
you weird people all yous how even like it , joke about it are losers dogs cant decide to fight or when to quit there not like humnas you ass hole and you said that thing about bulls youre an ass i haTE BULLFIGHTING aswell shame on you low life ass’s
Kim says
This is just fucking sick. Anyone who honestly thinks that animals can “decide” to fight or “quit” on their own are just fucking morons. SICK FUCK UPS MAKE ANIMALS FIGHT! If animals really wanted to fight then every pet in the world would be fighting. And if these sick fucks can watch and enjoy an animal being tortured, I can only imagine how you treat people.
Who are the real animals: the one’s inside the ring, or the one’s on the outside watching?
Cameron says
Technically humans are animals. Regardless of actions.
Maggie says
Your excuses are about as good as Bill Cosby’s ability to not be a degenerate.
Larry says
I am a dog person and think dog fighting is absolutely wrong i love and care for dogs but when the are simtime being bad i tap there nose a little hard to tell them that they are being bad.
sick ass dog fighters. Kim the comment with the rings is what we should think about
Andy says
You guys should see the Wikipedia article for this breed.
Obviously written by a dog fighting fan.
Cameron says
*Dog wrestling fan
Alice says
To Cameron,
Obviously you spend quite a bit of time scanning this site for posts. While I do agree that racism is wrong (and what is with everyone’s racist comments against the Chinese when this occurred in Japan?). And humans are animals, that is a fact so no need to argue its validity. The fact remains that two animals wrestling or playing in a controlled environment is different then how this sport is often enjoyed. If two animals get rough while playing with each other one can break it up and administer medical attention as necessary. The problem is illegal sport or underground sports make proper care expensive and dangerous, so it is simply ignored, which leads to pain and fatalities. While what you are technically arguing for was not intended to be a cruel sport and was more like a dog tug-of-war, until you can change the environment the contest are in and the minds of the spectators and the contestants it will never be a socially accepted sport because it will always be considered cruel.
Maggie says
*Dog fighting fan
It’s not wrestling at all. If it was wrestling, they wouldn’t be biting each other, gnawing at each other, and you wouldn’t be able to see blood at times. The blood is commonly hard to see because lighter colored Tosas are not allowed. The entire blood sport is an illusion so people don’t realize the cruelty. And you got suckered into it. Very sad.
rome says
it’s a bloody sport but we are animals and cant deny our bloody instincts, we eat animals every day so think about it. heres video of actual dogfight i found on the web pitbull fighting much bigger dog, just copy and paste it to your browser tell me what u think. http://www.kopekdovusu.com/izle-613-pitbull–dovusu-videolari-pitbull-dovusleri-pitbull-alabay-dovusleri.html
Cameron says
That video is digusting but it’s not a video of Japanese dog wrestling.
Keyonna Eifert says
What the heck? You think that is okay. It brings tears to my eyes to even know that there is a site full of different taped dog fights, that you can then rate. Not okay at all.
cab0118 says
It’s not natural for dogs to fight like this. Humans genetically engineered both the temperments and physical characteristics of all dogs. How can it create pleasure to watch creatures we designed maul each other? Maybe people who do this should be put in a ring together to get a taste of what it’s like. Karma has an interesting way of coming back to you!
Kim says
Stop the fucking dog fights and let you’re children fight stupid mother fockers
Kim says
David iff people got souls a dog got them 2 you fucking moron