A rooster stands near its teepee shelter in Wilson, Okla., in this Jan. 23, 2024, file photo. In 2002, Oklahoma became one of the last places in the United States to outlaw cockfighting between roosters, often outfitted with razor-sharp steel blades. (AP/Julio Cortez)
A rooster stands near its teepee shelter in Wilson, Okla., in this Jan. 23, 2024, file photo. In 2002, Oklahoma became one of the last places in the United States to outlaw cockfighting between roosters, often outfitted with razor-sharp steel blades. (AP/Julio Cortez)
Amid concerns that state legislators may roll back rules regarding the business of breeding and trading game fowl, animal-welfare activists with two partner organizations — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy — released a report on cockfighting in Arkansas.
This comes after the groups obtained what they said was a recording showing a lobbying effort by Arkansas Gamefowl Commission to weaken the state’s current animal cruelty law that regulates the game fowl business. Arkansas Gamefowl Commission is a registered client of lobbyist Anchor Strategies.
The report, released on Wednesday, described the current state of cockfighting and game fowl breeding in the […]
What kind of low level mentality does it take to participate or condone the “sport” of animals fighting each other usually to death. Then in a way maybe it is better that the chickens have their day instead of slowly dying in over crowded industrial egg laying operations. There is so much cruelty in our world towards each other and more so towards our fellow creatures. Which is not to say that I am better or not a part of the system since I still eat flesh and feed my cats and dog as well. Somehow making death a sport seems beyond the pale.