Cockfighting
UPC Welcomes 60 Hens from Mississippi Cockfighting Raid
UPC Spring 2009 Poultry Press
Chickens are Foragers, Not Fighters
(Updated 2002)
Birds and the U.S. Postal Service:
What Do We Learn From the Current Tragedy?
(23 August 2020)
“Cockfighting roosters can be rehabilitated” by Karen Davis
(16 January 2021)
The Truth About Roosters
(VINE Sanctuary, 20 January 2023)
2024
- An Attempt to Weaken Oklahoma Anti‑Cockfighting Law 13 June 2024
2023
- Petition Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt to Disavow Support for Cockfighting Group 28 Nov 2023
- Cockfighting is Illegal in the U.S. But Persists. Why?, The New York Times Magazine, 20 January 2023
2022
Alabama
- Three members of chicken fighting Easterling family sent to the pen, 8 December, 2022 — www.animals24-7.org
Guam and Puerto Rico
- Court upholds US cockfighting ban, rejects challenge in Guam, 12 January, 2022 — www.yahoo.com
Kentucky
- SHARK Continues Its Attack on Cockfighting in Kentucky and Elsewhere in the U.S, 10 February, 2022 — www.sharkonline.org
2021
California
- Animal Wellness Action Press Release, California Called “Cockfighting Mecca,” 24 November, 2021 — www.einnews.com
- SHARK and HFA Score Major Victory in California, 14 January 2021 - www.sharkonline.org
Kentucky
- Petition Against Cockfighting in Kentucky! 1 October 2021
Ohio
- SHARK and HFA Score Major Victory in California, 14 January 2021 - www.sharkonline.org
- SHARK Attack by Cockamaniacs, 7 January 2021
2020
Los Angeles, CA
- Sign: Justice For Roosters Forced to Shred Each Other to Pieces, 17 August 2020 — www.ladyfreethinker.org
Puerto Rico and Guam
- Cockfights Provide Ringside Seats for Transmitting Avian Influenza and Other Diseases, Animal Wellness Action. April 2, 2020
Kentucky
- Kentuckians Among Top Traffickers of Birds to the Philippines, Mexico, Honduras, for Illegal Cockfighting, Investigation Alleges 10 August 2020 - www.animalwellnessaction.org.
- UPC's Letter to Kentucky Lawmakers, 17 July 2020
- SHARK Undercover Investigation: Kentucky Cockfights Exposed! 9 July 2020
- SHARK Cockfighting Investigation to Air Tonight 6 July 2020 - www.sharkonline.org
- Petition: Kentucky Needs a Clearly Written and Upgraded Felony Cockfighting Law 9 January 2020
2019
Monterey County, CA
- SHARK Letter to Monterey County, CA officials re: Unenforced Cockfighting Ordinance, October 28, 2019
- UPC Letter to Monterey County Officials Re: Illegal Cockfighting 23 October 2019
- Letter from Nedim C Buyukmihci, VMD to Monterey County, CA officials Re: cockfighting 22 October 2019
- Cockfighting Alert: Tell Monterey County, CA Officials to Enforce the Law 21 October 2019
- Crush Cockfighting Campaign by SHARK 10 September 2019
Melrose NM
- Illegal Rooster Operation in Melrose, New Mexico 30 October 2019
- UPC Correspondence with Curry County Sheriff in NM Re: Roosters 20 October 2019
2018
- Today We Welcomed 50 Hens from a Cockfighting Bust in Virginia Beach! 27 July 2018
- Boston Globe Reports Huge Cockfighting Raid in Massachusetts 30 May 2018 (Also in UPC Summer 2018 Poultry Press)
- “Fighting Cocks” in French Polynesia 4 January 2018
2017
2016
- Help HAPPY TRAILS “Cockfighting” ROOSTERS Find Homes 2 February 2016
2013
- Rooster Rescue - Happy Trails Needs Your Networking & Adoption Help 23 May 2013
- Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act: Urge Your Member of Congress to Support H.R. 366! 31 January 2013
2012
- Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act: Urge Your U.S. House Representative’s Support 19 December 2012
2011
- Rescued "Cockfighting" Roosters in New Jersey Need Homes 23 November 2011
- Score One for the Roosters! San Diego County, CA Passes Ordinance to Curb Rampant Cockfighting Activity 19 September 2011 (Also in UPC Fall 2011 Poultry Press)
- Please Help Stop Cockfighting in San Diego County: San Diego County, CA Residents Only - We Need Your Calls and Emails 1 September 2011
- San Diego County CA Moves to Curb Cockfighting; Board of Supervisors Votes 4-1 3 August 2011
2010
- Cockfighting operation in Mullica Township shut down, property owner arrested 18 May 2010
- Cockfighting Raid and Arrest on Virginia Eastern Shore 26 April 2016
First known arrest for cockfighting in Accomack County in recent memory. . . . - Code of Virginia Re: Animal Fighting 26 April 2010
2009
- UPC Welcomes 60 Hens from Mississippi Cockfighting Raid 12 February 2009 (Also in Spring-Summer 2009 Poultry Press)
- Cooper the Rooster UPC Winter 2008-2009 Poultry Press (Cooper came from a background of cockfighting and his story shows how noncombative and friendly such roosters really are by nature.)
Roosters thrown away after a cockfight
Photos by Linda Howard
2008 & earlier
- 2/28/08: We are at the End of the Road for Animal Fighting in Virginia
- 10/08/07: Allegations of cockfighting bring sport’s history to light
- 6/08/07: AMAZON.COM SUPPORTS COCKFIGHTING Please Protest!
- 5/15/07: Anti-Cockfighting Forces Win New Mexico & U.S. Congress, Fight Amazon.com
- 4/12/07: Houston TX: Deputies rescue abandoned chickens
- 4/11/07: Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act Approved by Congress
- 3/12/07: Governor Richardson signs cockfighting ban into law
- 1/31/07: Virginia Senate to Vote Thursday on Felony Cockfighting!
The ugly world of cockfighting, Texas 2007 Photos by: Jamie B. Nash
- 7/20/06: Humane Society urges Amazon.com to quit selling cockfighting mags
- 2/23/06: Avian Influenza and Cockfighting
- 9/28/05: Chat with a Cockamaniac
- 7/05/05: UPC President Karen Davis Will Talk About Cockfighting on Kentucky Radio Show, Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. on WMST-AM, Mount Sterling, KY
- 6/27/05: Do Roosters Naturally Fight?
- 6/20/05: Combat unnatural for roosters
- 3/03/5: Cockfighting Ban Flies Out of House in New Mexico
- 1/31/05: Urge Oklahoma Officials to Investigate Suspected Cockfighting
- 9/12/04: Cockfighters Lose Lawsuit in Hawaii
- 8/02/04: South Carolina Residents: Insist that State Lawmakers Stop Playing Games with Cockfighters
- 7/15/04: UPDATE: HOUSE OKAYS FUNDING TO ENFORCE ANIMAL FIGHTING LAW
- 6/27/04: Can “Fighting” Roosters Be Rehabilitated?
- 6/09/04: COCKFIGHTING IS A FEMINIST ISSUE
- 4/26/04: OKLAHOMA COCKFIGHTERS CHICKEN OUT
- 4/17/04: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
- 1/16/04: URGE PROSECUTION OF FEDERAL COCKFIGHTING CASE
- 11/05/03: Washington lawmakers take aim at cockfighting
- 10/20/03: URGENT: DON'T LET COCKFIGHTERS DETER CONGRESS FROM FUNDING ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL ANIMAL FIGHTING LAW!
- 10/14/03: Group With Cockfighting Ties is Protested
- 4/09/03: United Poultry Concerns News Advisory: Cockfighting Bill in New Mexico
- 3/19/03: Tell the USDA to Stop Reimbursing Cockfighters with U.S. Tax ollars
- 2/27/03: Cockfighting Hurts More Than Just Fighting Birds
- 2/10/03: Oklahoma Voters Ban Cockfighting in 2002
- Law Closes In On Cockfighting in the U.S. UPC Fall 2002 Poultry Press
- 9/11/2002: Cockfighting: Arkansas Democrat Gazette editorial on cockfighting
- 7/20/2002: Letter & Article: Cockfight Violence: A Clash of Culture
- 5/18/2002: Tulsa World Anti Cockfighting Editorial
- May 2002: Campaigns Against Cockfighting Update
- 4/11/2002 Latest News: Sandoval County in New Mexico has just banned cockfighting. New Mexico is one of three states that still allows the blood sport of cockfighting, but now 12 of the states' 33 counties have banned this horrific activity.
- 4/5/2002: Cockfighting: Who, Truly, are the Ruthless Aggressive Killers?
- HSUS: The Ultimate Fight: Our Battle to Save Anti-Cockfighting Legislation
- AVMA policy against cockfighting
- 1/15/2002: UPC Letter Re: "Cockfighting is an enigma"
- 10/11/2001: Action Alert - Support Anti-Cockfighting Amendment
- Ban Cockfighting Bills: Your Letters are Needed ASAP! UPC Summer 2001 Poultry Press
- 2/7/2001: Eighty-one percent support cockfighting ban, survey shows
- Campaigns to Outlaw Cockfighting in Arizona, Missouri UPC Winter 1997-1998 Poultry Press
- Activists Set to Ban Cockfighting in Arizona and Louisiana UPC Summer 1996 Poultry Press