https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/dog-fights

Dog fights prompt 5,000 calls to RSPCA in past decade
https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/dog-fights

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Dog fights prompt 5,000 calls to RSPCA in past decade

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/dog-fights
• Owner: BBC-Data-Unit
• Created: 2017-01-25T14:08:35.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2017-01-25T14:12:29.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-27T08:41:56.737Z (6 months ago)
• Topics: animals, charity, crime, rspca
• Homepage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38653726
• Size: 44.9 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 5
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Dog fights prompt 5,000 calls to RSPCA in past decade

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BBC-Data-Unit/dog-fights/master/BAR%20CHART%20Areas%20with%20the%20most%20reports%20of%20organised%20dog%20fights.png)

In January 2017 the BBC [reported that nearly 5,000 calls about organised dog fighting in England and Wales have been made to the RSPCA since 2006](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38653726). The story was based on data supplied by the RSPCA.

## Data

* CSV: [Dog fights by area. Source: RSPCA](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BBC-Data-Unit/dog-fights/master/Dog%20fights%20by%20area.%20Source-%20RSPCA.csv)

* Google spreadsheet: [Dog fights by area. Source: RSPCA](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xd4u8TzH2kA3cfuKZJhF8Mc-wtzSxPwzHMlmP3cs6og/edit#gid=0)

## Visualisation

* Bar chart: Areas with the most reports of organised dog fights

* Bar chart: Areas with the most dog fight reports by population