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With a Moral Consensus Against Animal Fighting, Why Is It Still So Prevalent?
Animal fighting blends cruelty, criminality, and contagious disease. It must end. Just days ago, federal authorities arrested 21 individuals in raids targeting a network of dogfighters

Dogfighting and Cockfighting:
A Double Dose of Murder and Mayhem, Cruelty and Contagion
Animal fighting responsible for viral and violence spillovers in our communities Every cockfight or dogfight ends with animal victims. That’s the point of the staged combat.

Pro-Cockfighting Bills Expected to Fail in Oklahoma Legislature
STATE LEGISLATIVE NEWS ANALYSIS The measures are likely to meet same fate as prior years’ efforts to unwind the state’s most important anti-cruelty law In Oklahoma,

Lovers or fighters? When it comes roosters, the answer is both
A Q&A with Jewel Johnson of Rooster Sanctuary at Danzig’s Roost Cockfighting is cruelty in its purest form. Cockfighters strap knives or gaffs (curved, razor-sharp picks)

New Report Reveals Urgent Zoonotic Disease Threats from Cockfighting to Avian Wellness and Agriculture
Typically, Thanksgiving isn’t just rough on turkeys, but also on chickens. It’s opening day for the months-long cockfighting season, with action taking place at hundreds of

Federal Courts Have Ruled That the United States Has Expansive Authority to Crack Down on Dogfighting and Cockfighting
A Summary of Jurisprudence on Section 26 of the Animal Welfare Act A key portion of the Animal Welfare Act (Act) has weathered multiple legal challenges