In addition to staging fights in U.S., animal fighters are raising and shipping tens of thousands of fighting animals to other nations throughout the world Washington, D.C. – Noting the barbarism of staged dogfighting and disease threats to poultry posed by cockfighting, Reps. Cindy Axne, D-Iowa, and Don Bacon, R-Neb., introduced legislation to strengthen the … Read more
Animal Fighting is the Pits
The Federal Ban on Cockfighting Is Settled Law WASHINGTON, D.C. — A former Northern Marianas Islands local politician and executive agency official – a self-described lifelong cockfighter – has absolutely no chance of progressing given the adjudication of similar lawsuits advanced by cockfighters on Guam and in Puerto Rico, according to Wayne Pacelle, president of Animal Wellness … Read more
(Oklahoma City) – Rampant illegal cockfighting in Oklahoma threatens to make an outbreak of Avian Influenza (AI) even more menacing, according to Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy. The major illegal cockfighting industry in Oklahoma may cause the spread of the disease across Oklahoma and even to foreign nations. AWA has … Read more
Guam Department of Agriculture Has Taken Also No Disciplinary Action Against Its Own Law Enforcement Officer Who Allegedly Staged Illegal Cockfights Washington, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action (AWA) has strongly criticized the Guam Department of Agriculture (GDOA) for issuing “hollow and totally adequate” animal import standards that will allow illegal shipments of fighting birds onto the … Read more
The scale of the violence and crime is startling to fathom. In Mexico, gang leaders got inside an arena in March, sealed off exit routes, and shot and killed 20 people attending a cockfighting in Michoacán state. Three of the dead were Americans, including a mother of four from Illinois and, according to the Michoacán … Read more
Oklahoma City – Today, the Oklahoma House of Representatives chose not to take up House Bill 3283, by Rep. Justin Humphrey, that would have gutted penalties in Oklahoma’s comprehensive, voter-approved anti-cockfighting law. The bill would have also decriminalized possessing and training of fighting animals. Today was the deadline for a bill to get out of its chamber of … Read more
A corrupt Department of Agriculture has allowed shipments of more than 11,000 fighting animals from cockfighters from the states Washington, D.C. — Today, Animal Wellness Action released video footage that, according to informants, documents illegal cockfighting by a law enforcement agent working at the Guam Department of Agriculture — an explicit violation of the federal law … Read more
Cockfights Occured after AWA Publicly Exposed the “Grand Opening” of January Cockfighting Scheme At “Dededo Game Club” WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the wake of Animal Wellness Action (AWA) obtaining a secret schedule of cockfighting derbies planned for “The Dome” in Dededo starting on New Year’s Day, the organization’s president, Wayne Pacelle, reported that drone surveillance … Read more
Appeals exhausted, cockfighters are legally obligated to cease staged animal fights, including Guam derbies advertised for New Year’s Day WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a ruling of the U.S. District Court for the District of Guam that Congress has the authority to bar animal fighting throughout the United … Read more
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the wake of Animal Wellness Action (AWA) obtaining a secret schedule of cockfighting derbies planned for “The Dome” in Dededo starting on New Year’s Day, the organization’s president, Wayne Pacelle, called on Governor Leon Guerrero to speak out publicly and to call on organizers to cancel their plans for the illegal event. A … Read more