By AP/KWMU
Dexter, Mo. – Authorities in rural southeast Missouri have seized 25 pit bulls and a beagle from an alleged dogfighting operation.
Sheriff's deputies in Stoddard County conducted the raid early Sunday outside the town of Dexter.
Humane Society investigator Tim Rickey said the dogs had bite marks on their faces, necks, chests and legs, all injuries consistent with dogfighting.
Sheriff's deputies arrested three men.