Hidden in Darkness: ‘Trunking’ is Dog Fighting’s Ugly Secret

NEW YORK -- One of the most barbaric forms of animal cruelty has an underbelly which for years has remained literally hidden in darkness: “Trunking” is dog fighting’s ugly secret.

“It’s just that taboo,” Tio Hardiman, a Chicago-based, dog fighting consultant to the Humane Society of the United States.

Capt. Steve Shatkin of the New Jersey SPCA described trunking to Pet Pulse at the state’s headquarters in New Brunswick.

“Two dogs will be thrown, literally, into the trunk of a car like this,” Shatkin said, pointing to a mid-sized car in NJSPCA’s parking lot. “(The) trunk is closed, and the operators either drive around for a set period of time, or just leave them in there with the trunk closed."

“And after a certain time, open the trunk, and the best man left is standing. And it’s a bloody mess in there, and that’s how they declare a winner.”

The carcass of the defeated dog is typically tossed to the side of the road, says Hardiman, who also is a pit bull advocate.

“Once in a while I’ve seen it, OK?” Hardiman said. “I know some guys may have put some dogs in a trunk. They fought, and then the next thing you know they turned the music up real loud -- for about 15 minutes, maybe 30 minutes.

“And then you open up the trunk, one of the dogs might be dead, the other one might be mangled up.”

Across the country, Pet Pulse conducted numerous interviews with officers in animal control and law enforcement specializing in animal cruelty cases. Due to the nature of trunking, relatively few had even handled a trunking case first-hand.

For some dog fighters, trunking is a chosen method because it is so difficult for police to detect, in fact nearly impossible, authorities say. Typically it can neither be seen nor heard.

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[transplant]

That is messed up. I need to call on my neighbors that are breeeding. . ., AGAIN.

[umalak_]

i'd like to throw some people on here in a trunk and have them fight to the death

[djetaine]

thats fucking horrible.
Seems kinda pointless too. I thought the whole draw of dog fighting was 1. Money, but 2. watching the anger and aggression or the dogs and all that jazz. Just seems dumb from a fan standpoint.

[Cock Puncher]

Originally Posted by umalak_

i'd like to throw some people on here in a trunk and have them fight to the death

bass and boxing

[pickle]

yuck. that makes me sick

I'm glad it's not called "tunking"

[Supermick]

Next time my sons have an argument, I am doing this to them.

[alexican]

jesus, how desperate for entertainment and carnage do people have to be?! you'd think these people would have just started their own Fight Club by now.

It's pretty sick. This is the first time I am hearing about this even though its been going on for 20 years. Looks like its now hitting the media. Awareness is a good thing.

[Siren7]

Wow, that's horrible. WTF is wrong with people!?



~Nikki~

[umalak_]

Originally Posted by Siren7

WTF is wrong with people!?

they just haven't found Jesus yet.

it's never too late though.

[e-brake]

Originally Posted by Pits N' Tits

Awareness is a good thing.

That depends, I would have never thought of doing a thing like this so I imagine that your typical redneck or hommie would have never thought of it either. If this hits the news your going to see it become much much more common from the sick fucks that will get the idea and run off and try it.

I remember in HS the local news did a story on kids snorting Ritilin to get a cocaine like high. The next day at lunch at least 10-15 kids were crushing up the pills and trying it. If the idea would have never been planted in the first place they never would have tried it.

[alexican]

next thing i bet you're gonna tell us how passing out condoms just makes kids want to have sex, huh e-brake

[charlie brown]

I don't understand what the point of that is.. if you can't see the dogs ripping eachothers skin off and sinking their teeth into eachother then there's no real point to it imo - might as well flip a coin to see who wins a bet

[e-brake]

Originally Posted by alexican

next thing i bet you're gonna tell us how passing out condoms just makes kids want to have sex, huh e-brake

No but showing them an instructional video, written instructions, and then telling them that its bad dont do it.......well you get the point