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JAWS OF DEATH: No permits or licenses are required to stage dogfights in Japan, so there’s no official tally for how many matches are held each year.
MAIKA ELAN FOR NEWSWEEK
HIROSHI SUDO takes a pair of pliers, clamps them around a dog’s tooth and twists. The tooth comes free in a spray of bloody spittle. The dog snarls, but Sudo has tied a washcloth around his snout so the dog can’t bite him. Sudo hands the tooth to the dog’s owner, who puts it under a hose, then wipes it off with a rag and pock ets it. Later, he’ll drill a hole through it, string a leather cord through the hole and wear it around his neck, a grisly memento.