‘Not fit for humans, much less dogs’: Man gets 475 years after 100 malnourished pit bulls found tied to trees, metal stobs in his backyard

Inset: Vincent Lemark Burrell (Paulding County Sheriff

Inset: Vincent Lemark Burrell (Paulding County Sheriff’s Office). Background: Officials brought one of the victim dogs, Baby Shark, to Burrell’s sentencing (WXIA).

A Georgia man was sentenced to 475 years in prison after authorities rescued more than 100 malnourished pit bulls tied to trees and metal stobs in his backyard in a dogfighting ring bust.

Vincent Lemark Burrell, 57, learned his fate Thursday after being found guilty by a jury this week of dogfighting and animal cruelty charges.

On Nov. 8, 2022, authorities raided Vincent Burrell’s property in Dallas, Georgia, and made the grim discovery.

“Everywhere you looked, you couldn’t take a step in any one direction without there being another pit bull staked out on a chain,” said Paulding County Assistant District Attorney K.C. Pagnotta, adding it is believed to be the longest such sentence in the nation’s history for this crime, local Fox affiliate WAGA reported.

“And the purpose of doing that is dog fighting,” the prosecutor continued. “They will put the pit bull out on a chain, and they space each dog out enough that they can see each other. They can agitate each other, but they can actually get to one another. And it’s part of the building of aggression that they used to train fighting dogs.”

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