Gym's Puppy Raffle Prize Canceled Amid Backlash

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A mixed martial arts gym in San Diego quickly tapped out of a plan to drive memberships by using a puppy as a raffle prize after a flood of complaints flowed in via social media.

As NBC San Diego reports, Victory MMA and Fitness had a plan to offer a 9-week-old boxer puppy named Victory as a raffle prize open to new members. However, people quickly pointed out that promoting gym sign ups with a puppy was not not only questionable from an ethical perspective, but also possibly a crime.

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