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Defense Dept. official faces charge tied to Maryland dogfighting ring - WTOP News

Oct 03, 2023 View Original Article
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    -2% Center

  • Reliability

    55% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -2% Center

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51% : The news release states that law enforcement also seized "a device consisting of an electrical plug and jumper cables, which the affidavit alleges is consistent with devices used to execute dogs that lose dogfights.
48% : A dozen dogs were recovered and seized by the federal government, after law enforcement executed search warrants on Sept. 6 that "recovered veterinary steroids, training schedules, a carpet that appeared to be stained with blood, and a weighted dog vest with a patch reading 'Geehad Kennels,'" according to a news release.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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