Catchword: break stick

Filed Under: English, Animals, Insects, & Birds

Part of Speech: n.

Quotation: The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office was first tipped off to hog-dogging events at someplace called the “EZ Ranch” in Cordes Lakes in October.…Fights are held in an arena area, where wild boars are released one at a time. Dogs are then released to “catch” them by biting and latching on to the animal’s throat or body until their jaws are forcibly pried open by a “break stick.“

Article or Document Title:
“Husband and wife busted in bloody sport involving dogs, hogs” (URL)

Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Arizona Republic

Date of Publication:
Dec. 17, 2004

This catchword has yet to be researched.