The 14 people convicted in a federal dogfighting case based in Albany will spend a combined total of 343 months in prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Thursday.

The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia accepted the guilty pleas from the defendants, including eight from Georgia, in March. Sentencing for the 14 concluded Thursdsy.

“Dog fighting is an odious form of organized crime, and it’s a magnet for other criminal activity,” Acting Assistant Attorney General Adam Gustafson of the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division said. “The Justice Department and its local partners, such as the Seminole County, Georgia, Sheriff’s Office, will not tolerate this callous criminal activity.”

The dogfighters brought 24 pit bull-type dogs to Donalsonville

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