POLICE have been called to a property following reports of dogs fighting.
Officers were dispatched to Waldegrave Road at 12.15pm on Tuesday.
No injuries were reported but the owners were given "words of advice" to not mix their dogs again.
A spokesman from Sussex Police said: "At 12.15pm on Tuesday police attended a property following reports of dogs fighting at a private address.
"No injuries were reported and the owners were given words of advice not to mix their dogs again."
In 2019, The Argus revealed there were 168 reports of dog fighting in Sussex over four years.
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Dog fighting was outlawed in England in 1835 but dogs are still trained to fight and pitted against each other with the aim of inflicting as much damage as possible.
In some cases, the fights take place in public places and people film them on their mobile phones.
Those found guilty of the offence of animal cruelty can be jailed for up to five years.
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