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“A Traitor To His Species: Henry Bergh and the Birth of the Animal Rights Movement,” Ernest Freeburg, 2020 With the embers of the Civil War still

A Legal Analysis on the First Amendment Claims by Cockfighting Enthusiasts
The question of free expression arises in federal court actions initiated by animal fighting practitioners The First Amendment has been used as a shield by perpetrators

Listen Up: Horseracing, Cockfighting, and Kentucky Politics – the Bluegrass State Beats to a Different Tune
Around 1800 B.C., a gradual shift began from a hunter-gatherer way of life to agriculturalism, and around 900 B.C., a Mississippian culture took root in what

Cockfighters Hide Their Cruelty Behind the Banners of Religious Freedom and Cultural Prerogative
Far-fetched courtroom strategies are the rage when it comes to cockfighting. It may be the down season for the blood sport, but from Puerto Rico to

Note to Law Enforcement: Shut Down the Gamecock Farms, Not Just the Fighting Pits
Federal laws bans possessing birds for fighting, and these breeding operators are illegal operators sitting right out in the openJust a couple of weeks ago, federal

Retired Wildlife Management Official Touts Bear Bile As Health Treatment
Other Articles The Sun Finally Sets on Legal Cockfighting in the United States Puerto Rico Must Stop Defying U.S. Laws Against Staged Animal Fighting Guam Passes