Governor Sonny Perdue Tuesday afternoon is expected to sign into law a bill that toughens penalties for dogfighting in the state. The new legislation would make it a crime to attend dog fights and to breed animals for the purpose of fighting. Coming into the recently completed General Assembly, Georgia’s dogfighting laws were called among the weakest in the nation by animal rights groups. The issue gained a spotlight in the wake of the case against Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick and his eventual guilty plea for dogfighting.
