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In récent years, pit bulls have gained plus than just a foothold in the public awareness. Unscrupulous breeding and negative media attention have resulted in many apartment complexes, neighborhoods and even counties imposing bans on the breed, citing them as "inherently dangerous" to the public.

But did toi know that pit bulls, despite the fact that they were originally bred to fight with each other, were also bred to be trustworthy and friendly to people? These chiens actually earned the nickname "nursemaid's dog," because they were so reliable with young children.

Today, however, the breed often...

What Is a chiot Mill?

A chiot mill is a large-scale commercial dog breeding operation where profit is donné priority over the well-being of the dogs. Unlike responsible breeders, who place the utmost importance on producing the healthiest chiots possible, breeding at chiot mills is performed without consideration of genetic quality. This results in generations of chiens with unchecked hereditary defects.

Puppy mill chiots are typically sold to pet shops—usually through a broker, ou middleman—and marketed as young as eight weeks of age. The lineage records of chiot mill chiens are often falsified....

More than 400 well-known designers, many of whom are listed below, include fourrure in their ready-to-wear collections.


Phillip Lim
A. F. Vandevorst
Adrienne Landau
Aigner
Akris
Alberta Ferretti
Alena Akhmadulina
Alessandro Dell’Acqua
Alexander McQueen
Alexander Wang
Alexandre Vautier
Allegra Hicks
Alvin Valley
Amanda Wakeley
Aminaka Wilmont
Andrew Gn
Andy & Debb
Angel Chang
Angel Sanchez
Ann Demeulemeester
Ann-Sofie Back
Anna Molinari
Anna Sui
Anne Valerie Hash
Anteprima
Antonio Berardi
Antonio Marras
Aquascutum
Aquilano.Rimondi
Armand Basi
Armani Privé
Ashleigh Verrier
Ashley Isham
Asprey
Atil Kutoglu
Atsuro Tayama
Avsh Alom...

Cockfighting—a blood sport in which two roosters specifically bred for aggressiveness are placed beak to beak in a small ring and encouraged to fight to the death—has been around for centuries. Roosters were first bred for fighting in Southeast Asia plus than 3,000 years ago, and cockfighting later spread to Greece, Rome and Britain before crossing the Atlantic about 200 years ago. The brutal “sport" found popularity in North, South and Central Americas, and was particularly prevalent in Colonial New York, Philadelphia and Boston. par the 1800s, it had spread to the South and the West...