Justin Humphrey & Anthony DeVore defeated in primaries; Julius Deane Griffin sent to prison. Streak in dogfighting lingo makes law & order a “Grand Champion.” ATOKA & TULSA, Oklahoma––If the Oklahoma Republican primaries had been a cockfighting derby, ten-year Oklahoma District 19 incumbent Justin Humphrey, a longtime proponent of re-legalizing cockfighting––and of selling licenses to […]
Oklahoma Gamefowl Commission cofounder Anthony Devore convicted
Will community service sentence see Devore picking up trash? EUFAULA, Oklahoma––Anthony Devore, 54, former president of the now legally dissolved Oklahoma Gamefowl Commission, was on April 6, 2026 convicted of being a spectator, a misdemeanor, at a June 8, 2024 cockfight illegally held on the Cherokee Nation. After initially pleading “not guilty,” DeVore switched his […]
Seven cockfighting busts in five states, but Ector County & eBay miss memo
At least 46 cockfighting suspects reportedly arrested Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] founder Steve Hindi, having reported to the Ector County sheriff’s department a cockfight in progress at an undisclosed location near Odessa, Texas, on December 6, 2025 at about 3:45 p.m. anticipated yet another of a series of major cockfighting busts would soon […]
OK Gamefowl Commission dissolved, top cock Devore criminally charged
“No more chicken $#@+” Ethics Commisson tells Anthony Devore OKLAHOMA CITY , Oklahoma—Even the Oklahoma state capitol, where the hot air comes sweeping down the halls, has limits to how much wind it will tolerate from Oklahoma Gamefowl Commission cofounder Anthony Devore. Actually “commissioned” by nobody, and never any sort of official Oklahoma state-sanctioned entity, […]
100 dead cockfighters in the Philippines; 55 await deportation in Alabama
The anti-cockfighting & dogfighting FIGHT Act is reintroduced in both U.S. House & Senate MANILA, Philippines; BIRMINGHAM, Alabama––Thirty-four Philippine cockfighters, missing since January 2022, “are dead and buried in Taal Lake in Batangas province, according to one of the suspects who now wants to testify,” reported Mary Joy Salcedo on June 19, 2025 for the […]
Arkansas state senate kills house bill to legalize cockfighting
Meanwhile Texas sheriff Ruben Nolasco, who did not do his job during the Uvalde school massacre, again allegedly does not do his job in response to tips about cockfighting LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas; UVALDE, Texas––Three days after investigative work by Animal Wellness Action representative Kevin Chambers set up the March 30, 2025 arrest of 21 […]
“Arkansas House passed pro cockfighting bill,” & it was not an April Fool
(See also Arkansas state senate kills house bill to legalize cockfighting.) Bill basically would legalize cockfighting unless cockers were caught charging admission LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas–– “The Arkansas House passed the pro cockfighting bill, with an alarming 69 out of 100 state representatives voting for HB1611,” Animal Wellness Action state representative Desiree Bender posted to social […]
Cockfighters, raw milkers, bacteria, & bird flu meet in political alliance
So-called “gamefowl commissions” pop up in Arkansas & Georgia, following Oklahoma LITTLE ROCK, SACRAMENTO, AUGUSTA, OKLAHOMA CITY––The scariest news about cockfighting to emerge approaching Thanksgiving 2024 did not have anything directly to do with bogus gamefowl commissions, gambling, gangsters, or even poultry. Neither was it on the agenda for a November 27, 2024 Zoom media […]
What will deportations do to cockfighting, charreada, & outlaw horse racing?
Most participants in cockfighting, charreada, & outlaw horse racing speak Spanish, but Anglo cockfighters & gamecock breeders make most of the money WASHINGTON D.C.––What might be the impact on cockfighting, charreada, also called “Mexican rodeo,” and outlaw quarter horse racing, if the incoming Donald Trump administration proceeds with mass deportations of illegal immigrants? The question […]
Alleged cockfight hosts charged; Gamefowl Commission head is sued
Clients & Better Business Business Bureau have issues with Oklahoma Gamefowl Commission president Anthony DeVore ARDMORE, Oklahoma––A reasonable person might imagine that the last thing people charged with cockfighting might want, ahead of arraignment, would be the vocal public support of Oklahoma Gamefowl Commission president Anthony DeVore, 52, of Caddo, Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Gamefowl Commission, […]