article_snippet: Local residents and animal rights activists have joined together to force the local police to attempt to discover the source of the gruesome fights - and try to put a halt to the brutal baiting.
article_snippet: Some are more worried that local gangs are acting with impunity nearby and have complained about the safety of local gangs children from those who dump the dead animals and from the rotting, disease-ridden carcasses.
article_snippet: Locals fear that a gang-related animal fighting ring is dumping the dead bodies along the Dallas road .
article_snippet: Local residents fear an animal fighting ring and the involvement of gangs and say that police are not investigating.
article_snippet: However, a local Dallas Police Department spokesman said that they are working with animal control to find the culprits.
highlights_snippet: Gruesome discoveries blamed on gang-related animal fights nearby .