We’re not new to rescue at Riley’s Place, and we’ve heard our share of animal cruelty stories. Well, now it seems there’s a new one out there and it’s absolutely horrifying! It’s called “trunking” and it’s enough to make you sick to your stomach and really really angry! I was only going to write one blog post tonight and hit our Facebook page to add some friends and our newest blog post when I came across this new trend and I just had to to help spread the word on this first.

What’s Trunking?

It seems the dog fighters have found a new ritual to entertain themselves – here is a quote from a page on Pawnation that will quickly define it for you:

“They put the dogs in the trunk (of a car), lock it up, and they drive around, put the music on very, very loud so no one can hear it,” she said, according to ClickOnDetroit.com. “After 10 or 15 minutes, they stop. The dead dog they throw out, and the winner keeps going.” 

Seriously? Unfortunately, the answer is YES!

News Links about Dog Trunking

Here are a few news links (from the month of May only so far!) I found on this insane new sick demented “sport”:

• Ten Dogs Rescued from Trunking
• Dog Fighting’s Horrendous New Trend is called Trunking
• Trunking – Dog Fighting’s Dark Secret
• Nine Dogs Rescued from a Trunking Operation

That should be enough to get you started on your own Googling for more information — if you can stomach it that is.