After nearly 60 dogs found in suspected large-scale operation, new laws needed to deal with the epidemic of dogfighting and cockfighting Tyler, TX — Animal welfare groups renewed their urgent appeal to Congress to pass the FIGHT Act after dozens of dogs were found in an alleged dogfighting operation, with many of them injured or … Read more
Animal Fighting is the Pits
You can listen to this article here: Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit unanimously upheld a U.S. District Court dismissal of a legal challenge by a cockfighter and former local politician seeking to nullify the application of the national animal fighting law in the Northern Mariana Islands — an archipelago whose 14 … Read more
Police photos show demure animal with multiple wounds, visible trauma Washington D.C. — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy will grant a $2,500 reward for credible information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for using an abandoned dog as a possible “bait dog” found by … Read more
Infant killed by fentanyl as parents ran dogfighting operations out of home, cops say. Charelston, SC — Animal welfare groups renewed their urgent appeal to Congress to pass the FIGHT Act after news that the alleged operators of a dogfighting ring in South Carolina allowed their 10-month-daughter to be killed by exposure to fentanyl, the … Read more
Appellate Court Ruling Should Close Out Discussion on Application of Federal Law to CNMI, Guam, and Puerto Rico Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a District Court dismissal of a legal challenge by a cockfighter and former Northern Mariana Islands local politician and executive agency official seeking to nullify the application of … Read more
Tennessee law enforcement joins National Sheriffs’ and hundreds of other agencies and organizations in signaling illegal animal fighting is rampant and must be pulled up at the roots Washington, D.C. — National animal-welfare groups applauded the Tennessee Sheriffs’ Association (TSA) for endorsing the FIGHT Act in Congress and urging the state’s U.S. Senators and Representatives … Read more
Federal and county law enforcement taking on more cases, breaking up more cockfighting and dogfighting rings Riverside, CA — Leaders of Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy praised the FBI for its Sunday break-up of a cockfighting ring in the Inland Empire, exercising a federal anti-animal fighting law that can deliver … Read more
Sheriffs organizations nationwide have swung behind a national bill called the FIGHT Act to provide more tools for law enforcement to crack down on animal-fighting crimes Buckley, WA — The recent raid on an abandoned building in Pierce county, Wash., revealed evidence — including 140 roosters — of a massive cockfighting ring in Buckley, and … Read more
Press Release Major bust in Granville County may lead to unraveling a larger cockfighting network providing fighting birds to illegal pits throughout North Carolina and trafficking of fighting animals to Mexico and to other far-off outposts Granville County, NC — The cockfighting bust led by the Granville County Sheriff’s Office has produced evidence of involvement … Read more
Granville County bust this weekend offers a window into the ongoing lawlessness of illegal animal fighters, who are often tied to other crimes Granville County, NC — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy report that a major cockfighting bust over the weekend with dozens of arrests, 200 roosters removed, buckets of … Read more