Our investigation documents how America has become the cockfighting breeding ground for the world, with the Philippines a central destination for U.S.-raised fighting animals There are moments in an investigation that sear themselves into memory. For our investigators at the Center for a Humane Economy and Animal Wellness Action, that moment came inside the Smart … Read more
Animal Fighting is the Pits
A Center for a Humane Economy Investigation Bright lights. Corporate sponsors. And at the center — animals forced to kill each other. I stood surrounded by 10,000 spectators — almost all men — shouting and gesturing wildly inside a packed coliseum in Manila. On a raised dirt platform six men were preparing for the next … Read more
Humane advocates, egg and poultry farmers, and law enforcement officials need help in shutting down the animal fighting industry. It’s time for the hunting and environmental communities to step up. by Ted Williams Staged animal fights, in which dogs and roosters are bred and trained to tear each other to shreds for entertainment and gambling, … Read more
Our undercover investigators expose how U.S. cockfighters traffic birds overseas — fueling organized crime, violence, and a global cruelty enterprise Every day last week, one of our brave investigators sent me dispatches from Manila, where he was undercover at the World Slasher Cup — a global conclave of the world’s most inveterate cockfighters. He was … Read more
Animal Wellness Action has investigated this trade from the U.S. to the Philippines, uncovering a vast trade involving tens of thousands of animals for animal fighting derbies WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy lauded a bipartisan team of federal lawmakers for introducing H.R. 7371, the No Flight, No Fight Act, to halt the trafficking and … Read more
Press Statement Animal Wellness Action Applauds St. Landry Parish Council for Rejecting Cockfighting Legalization Scheme WASHINGTON, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy commend the St. Landry Parish Council for rejecting a cockamamie and legally baseless proposal advanced by cockfighting advocates to undermine Louisiana’s longstanding ban on cockfighting. At last night’s parish … Read more
Our multi-pronged, multinational plan to break up animal fighting networks Of the 17 federal policy initiatives Animal Wellness Action has launched in this Congress, the FIGHT Act has attracted more support than any of them. (Animal Wellness Action is a sister organization to the Center for a Humane Economy.) That legislation has more than 1,050 endorsing agencies … Read more
Press Release WASHINGTON, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy are condemning in the strongest possible terms a brazen effort by cockfighting advocates to resurrect an illegal blood sport in Louisiana – in this case by appealing to the St. Landry Parish council members to kick-start the process. Cockfighting is a … Read more
Etsy stopped selling cockfighting implements after we alerted them, but eBay continues to break federal, California law by trafficking in contraband After our investigators uncovered that Etsy was illegally allowing its platform to be used for trafficking cockfighting implements—razor-sharp weapons strapped to birds’ legs to intensify bloodletting and cruelty—the company responded and removed the contraband … Read more
BUsiness of Animal Welfare Center for a Humane Economy demands online marketplace stop trafficking in deadly, illicit implements By Staff Writers At the height of the holiday shopping season, an investigation by the Center for a Humane Economy has found that eBay is openly hosting illegal cockfighting weapons and animal-fighting equipment, violating federal law and its … Read more