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THE CUTE FACTOR IN WHAT YOU'RE
ABOUT TO SEE IS VERY, I HAVE
HIGH.
GARY TUCHMAN REPORTS.
>> Reporter: THE SIGN SAYS I'M
FEARFUL, PLEASE GO SLOW AND THIS
IS WHO IT RETAINS TO, A TAN DOG
WITH BROWN EYES WHO IS SHAKING
IN THE BACK OF HERITAGE.
A PIT BULL MIX WHO SPEND HER
WHOLE LIFE BEING BRUTALIZED.
THE SAME WITH THIS DOG WHO HAS
SCARS ALL OVER HIS FACE AND THIS
DOG ABOUT TO GIVE BIRTH YET WAS
ALSO EXPECTED TO FIGHT TO THE
DEATH, IF NECESSARY.
THERE ARE 253 DOGS HERE, ALL
USED IN A CRIMINAL DOGFIGHTING
ENTERPRISE.
THEY ARE NOW EVIDENCE IN THE
SECOND LARGEST DOGFIGHTING BUST
EVER AND ARE BEING CARED FOR
LOVINGLY BY THE ASPCA IN A
WAREHOUSE IN A SECRET LOCATION.
>> FOR THE SECURITY OF THE DOGS
AND PERSONNEL AND INTEGRITY OF
THE CASE, WE WANT TO KEEP THIS
UNDER WRAPS.
>> Reporter: 12 MEN WERE
ARRESTED AND HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN GAMBLING
MONEY SEIZED AND 37 PIT B2 PIT
RESCUED.
THE BODIES OF DEAD DOGS WERE
ALSO FOUND.
>> THERE WE GO.
GOOD BY.
>> Reporter: AMID THE TRAMA,
THEY ARE GETTING THE FIRST
CHECKUPS BY VETS DEALING WITH
SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURIES AND
MENTAL SCARS.
>> THEIR LIVES HAVE BEEN BRUTAL.
THEIR LIVES HAVE BEEN FILLED
WITH MISERY AND PAIN.
THE ONLY THING THEY KNOW FROM
MAN KIND IS HAY DRID AND THE
HARSH TOUCH.
>> Reporter: THERE ARE SEVERAL
PREGNANT DOGS HERE THAT WERE
FIGHTING WEEKS AGO AND PUPPIES.
>> LET ME TELL YOU THE STORY
ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR LITTLE
GUY.
THIS LITTLE GUY RIGHT NOW IS TEN
WEEKS OLD.
THE ONLY WEIGHS 5.5 POUNDS.
WHEN HE WAS FOUND HE WAS
ATTACHED TO A LOG CHAIN.
I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT A LOG CHAIN
IS.
THIS IS THE LOG CHAIN.
IT WEIGHS ABOUT 20 POUNDS.
HE WAS ATTACHED TO THIS.
HE WAS OUT IN 90-DEGREE WEATHER
AND HAD ABSOLUTELY NO WATER.
>> Reporter: THIS IS A PICTURE
TAKEN BY AUTHORITIES OF THE SAME
PUPPY WHEN THE DOGFIGHTING
OPERATION WAS BUSTED.
THE PRIMARY GOAL HERE IS TO GIVE
EACH OF THE DOGS A CHANCE TO
SOME DAY BE ADOPTED.
>> WE'VE GIVEN MEDICATION TO GET
RID OF FLEAS.
WE CAN PUT THEM ON PAIN
MEDICATION.
WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF OUR
DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS YET.
SOME DOGS IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES
HAVE HEART WOMAN DISEASE.
>> Reporter: BUT YOU FEEL CAN
LIVE A GOOD LIFE?
>> I DO.
I THINK HE CAN HAVE A GOOD
QUALITY OF LIFE WITH THE PROPER
CARE.
>> Reporter: YOU CAN SEE THIS
DOG HAS SCARS ALL OVER HIS FACE,
WOE.
THIS IS HOW WE KNOW HE'S
RECOVERING.
THEY DON'T PLAY FETCH THE BALL
IN CAPTIVITY BUT AFTER A COUPLE
WEEKS HERE, HE'S READY TO PLAY.
REMEMBER THAT FEARFUL TAN DOG WE
SHOWED YOU, AN ASPCA THERAPIST
IS WORKING WITH HER TO SLOWLY
BUILD HER TRUST AND ALLEVIATE
HER FEAR AND CONVINCE HER SHE'S
LOVED.
>> THIS MAY BE THE SECOND
LARGEST DOGFIGHTING BUST IN U.S.
HISTORY BUT A DROP IN THE
BUCKET.
THIS IS GOING ON ALL OVER THE
UNITED STATES.
>> Reporter: THESE DOGS ARE
GETTING A SECOND CHANCE.
BUT SO MANY OTHERS ARE NOT.
>> GARY TUCHMAN JOINS ME NOW.
PIT BULLS GET SUCH A BAD WRAP
AND SUCH A SICKENING STORY.
THE SITE YOU MENTIONED IS KEPT
SECRET.
WHY IS THAT?
>> POLICE HAVE A LEGITIMATE