Good news from the Department of Justice on both the cockfighting & dog fighting fronts––but what took so long? BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky; MUSKOGEE, Oklahoma––September 10, 2026 brought dramatic demonstrations both in the Appalachians and on the Great Plains of why Congress needs to pass––and enforce––the FIGHT Act to knock the money out of cockfighting and […]
Cocks of the walk: cockfighters avoid jail in Michigan & Oklahoma
Cockfighters convicted but sentenced to probation plus minimal fines ALLEGAN, Michigan; NEWALLA, Oklahoma; ST. LANDRY PARISH, Louisiana––Catching cockfighters in the act on drone video is one thing, persuading country sheriffs to bust them is another, and after all that, convincing county judges to throw so much as a comic book at them is another problem […]
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 […]