ID: PitBull from Dog Fighting Ring, Triple Murder Case, Adopted by Anonymous Family

Pit Bull from Dog Fighting Ring, Triple Murder Case, Adopted by Anonymous Family; Should Neighbors Be Notified?

By Denise A Justin, Thu, May 30, 2013

An Idaho couple has adopted one of the 64 pit bulls involved in a dog fighting operation which was discovered because of three murders on the property in Holbrook, Idaho, in April. “Despite the dog's rough past, they say it is a great pet,” reports KSL.com a Salt Lake City, Utah, news outlet.

The couple is being identified only as Kyle and Janet and are quoted as saying they, “…don't want their neighbors to know that their new pet used to be involved in dog fighting because of the negative stigma associated with it.”

Is it just the “stigma,” or is it the potential for their neighbors to fear for the safety of their own animals and children that is behind the Pit Bull’s adopters desire to keep this secret from the community?

The Pit Bull adopted to this family is named “Tess” and they said they adopted her the first part of May, yet within only a few weeks the determination has been made that the dog is “excellent,” Kyle told KSL.com. "Pretty amazing what they went through and what they look like now. It's real amazing."

Here are the attributes KSL lists as attracting and endearing the couple and assuring them that Tess would be a good family member and neighbor, “"(She's) spunky, and just her personality," Janet said. "Every time we threw the ball and called her name, she would come to us."

Kyle and Janet, whose last names have been withheld for privacy, are quoted as saying they followed the triple murder in the news. When they heard the dogs were taken to the Idaho Humane Society in Boise, they wanted to adopt one and give it a loving home. They said the dog fighting “didn't bother them.”



Pit Bull from Dog Fighting Ring, Triple Murder Case, Adopted by Anonymous Family; Should Neighbors Be Notified?