James V. “Bub” Newcomb II didn’t like his time with Bubba IRONTON, Ohio––Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas Judge Andrew Ballard on September 7, 2022 granted judicial release to James V. “Bub” Newcomb II, 55, of Waterloo, Ohio, but made explicitly clear that Newcomb is to have nothing whatever to do with cockfighting, people involved […]
Seven members of Alabama cockfighting family plead guilty to federal charges
Exported gamecocks around the world MONTGOMERY, Alabama––Cockfighters and gamefowl breeders Brent Easterling, William Easterling, and five other members of their family on August 11, 2022 pleaded guilty to federal and state of Alabama charges filed in 2021 as “conspiracy to violate federal anti-animal fighting laws, including operating fighting pits on their properties, possessing thousands of […]
Who told the Atoka County cockfighters the cops were coming?
“From Atoka, head to Redden & turn right” STRINGTOWN, Oklahoma––Showing Animals Respect & Kindness founder Steve Hindi imagined on June 26, 2022 that Atoka County sheriff Tony Head took seriously his oath of office to enforce the laws of the State of Oklahoma, including the state law making cockfighting a felony. Hindi had tipped Head’s […]
How to hang cockfighting high––and finish the job!
by Steve Hindi, founder, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness Showing Animals Respect & Kindness (SHARK) launched our “Crush Cockfighting” campaign in 2018. Cockfighting at that time had never been seriously impacted by animal advocacy, contrary to myths spread by those raising money off the issue. Cockfighting has twice been made illegal nationwide. The first time […]
“Here they came to snuff the rooster” in Cantrell country, but SHARK saved him
Showing Animals Respect & Kindness stops yet another big cockfight STRINGTOWN, Oklahoma––”Here they came to snuff the rooster,” to paraphrase the best known song by “Alice In Chains” guitarist Jerry Cantrell, the most famous of the 410 residents of Stringtown, Oklahoma. Yet more than 60 carloads of cockfighting enthusiasts barely saw any roosters snuffed on […]
Cockfighters cut deals & hack reporting doesn’t cut it in Kentucky
Bill Estep of the Lexington Herald Leader is unapologetic about crediting wrong two groups with roles in busts; does not name the right two LEXINGTON, Kentucky––Cockfighting cases usually result in plea-bargained sentences. Few people, if any, might therefore have been surprised when alleged cockfighters Rickie D. Johnson, 55, and Hiram B. Creech Jr., 47, […]
Bans on pit bulls & backyard chickens survive repeal votes in Winnipeg
Pit bull ban would have been replaced by “one free bite” WINNIPEG, Manitoba––Rejecting both of the leading pet-keeping fads of the past two decades, both often covers for animal fighting and organized crime, the Winnipeg city council by identical 9-7 votes on April 28, 2022 upheld reputedly the oldest pit bull ban in Canada and […]
Shannon Clark cops plea for attack on cockfight investigator Steve Hindi
Four years on probation & must have head examined IRONTON, Ohio––Pleading guilty to aggravated assault against Showing Animals Respect & Kindness founder Steve Hindi, Shannon Lee Clark, 37, of Ironton, Ohio, was on April 18, 2022 sentenced to serve four years on probation, perform 200 hours of community service, pay court costs, and “complete […]
USDA proposes to cover birds under the Animal Welfare Act––sort of
Disease outbreaks afflicting poultry producers lend regulatory urgency to protecting birds––some birds, anyhow––that 50 years of activism did not WASHINGTON D.C.––The worst outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza on record, ravaging European flocks both wild and domestic since 2020, now killing birds by the million in poultry barns, especially in the upper Midwest, may soon help […]
20 murdered at U.S.-owned Mexican cockpit
Three U.S. citizens identified among the dead ZINAPECUARO, Mexico––Three U.S. citizens died and a fourth was critically wounded at an illegal cockfight on March 27, 2022 in Zinapecuaro, Michoacan state, Mexico, about halfway between Mexico City and Jalisco. The four U.S. citizens were among the 20 dead and six reported survivors in killings that Mexican […]
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