Incident is another indicator of the need for federal law to eradicate illegal staged animal fighting, animal welfare groups say Sacramento County, CA — Wayne Pacelle, president of Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy, applauded the work of Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office for uncovering a large-scale cockfighting ring with 200 fighting … Read more
Animal Fighting is the Pits
Press Release Cockfighting deserves more than home detention, owing to cruelty involved and inherent threats to nearby communities Louisville, KY — Two national animal welfare groups say a federal judge came up short when he declined to impose any prison time for a cockfighting pit operator in eastern Kentucky. Chief U.S. District Judge Danny C. … Read more
Deputies found 20 people at cockfight, including children Hermiston, OR — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy, today applauded deputies from the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office for arresting a man allegedly connected to a cockfighting ring in Hermiston. “We applaud Umatilla County Sheriff’s deputies who disrupted this barbaric and criminal cockfighting … Read more
There’s something wrong with this picture. Or, rather, this video. In 2019, Arkansas cockfighter John Slavin spoke freely on camera to two hosts from BNTV, a Philippines-based cockfighting network, at his farm near the Oklahoma border in western Arkansas about the prowess of his fighting birds. “We got sold out last year,” clarifying that his … Read more
Press Release These cockfighting operators have hatched a plan to try to decriminalize cockfighting in Arkansas and have lined up legislators to carry their pro-cockfighting legislation Little Rock, AR — Today, Animal Wellness Action (AWA) and its partner organizations released a damning investigation that reveals that illegal cockfighting is rampant in Arkansas, documenting that a … Read more
Detectives found fighting birds and a ring, and a training dummy at the Florida home Lee County, FL — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy today applauded the Lee County Sheriff’s Office for arresting a man who was running a cockfighting ring in the backyard of a home on Texas Road … Read more
Law enforcement hit cockfight in Van Zandt — just the latest in a string of cockfighting busts occurring throughout the state Van Zandt County, TX — After a recent bust in Van Zandt County, Texas, animal welfare groups applauded local law enforcement officials for their work to shut down a suspected cockfighting ring. It is … Read more
National Sheriffs Assoc.,, National District Attorneys Assoc.,, state sheriffs’ associations, and hundreds of county sheriffs and DAs demand Congress pass legislation to step up enforcement and end barbaric, crime-infested fighting syndicates Washington, D.C. — Led by the National Sheriffs’ Association and the National District Attorneys’ Association, law enforcement groups across the United States are calling on … Read more
Organization calls for stronger laws to deter animal fighting and alleviate the burden on law enforcement Washington, D.C. — Today, Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy issued a statement in response to news that six men were arraigned and charged with multiple violations of the Animal Welfare Act in the U.S. … Read more
Douglass Moorefield Jr. was found with scarred dogs, execution tools, blood-stained carpets from decades-old fighting ring. (Washington, D.C.) – Leaders of Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy applauded the federal government for charging and securing a guilty plea from former Pentagon official and Department of Defense senior communications staffer Frederick Douglass … Read more