Lawmakers tried to amend the legal definition of animal fighting to exclude roosters or other birds while creating a separate offense for unlawful rooster fighting.

A Los Angeles County man who sold and shipped barbed hooks, razor-sharp blades and “rooster vitamins” for use in cockfighting was sentenced Monday to two years of probation and fined $3,000. Omar ...

DEPUTIES SUSPICIONS WERE CONFIRMED.. SOT VID 0:48-1:05 <THEY NOTICED SOME OTHER EVIDENCE THAT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH COCK FIGHTING, SO THEY GOT TO WRITING A SEARCH WARRANT, GOT IT ...

Items seized included roughly $9,000 in cash, 50 to 100 sharp instruments or “gaffs” — curved metal spurs or blades that are attached to a rooster’s leg prior to a fight — and various types of ...

Escambia County Animal Control officers say money is the main motivator for dog fighters and they usually keep their business ...

Paraphernalia included a treadmill used to boost the cockerels’ strength and stamina and a bag of metal fighting spurs which would inflict more savage injuries on opponents once fitted.

The year 1919 was notably different from 2025 in many ways. For one, rooster fighting, or “cock fighting” was not only legal, ...

The owners of 65 roosters accused of mistreating the birds were no-shows at a civil custody hearing held on Wednesday at the Hunt County Justice of the Peace Precinct 1, Place 2 courthouse in. Judge ...

The RSPCA said they found dozens of adult cockerels and hens, chicks and eggs in wooden pens, enclosures or incubators The RSPCA's Special Operations Unit (SOU) also dismantled two fighting pits ...

They say cockfighting rings are often associated with broader criminal activities. "The cock fighting rings have been linked to drugs, other crimes, and gang involvement," one supporter said.