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A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE

hanks to the blessed Humane Act of 1835, game dogs are these days only forced into bloody battle by sordid men waving grubby fivers at each other in warehouses, abandoned buildings and freight containers. In 16th and 17th century England, though, dog-fighting and

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