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Three members of chicken fighting Easterling family sent to the pen

December 8, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Now they can play with their cocks in prison              VERBENA,  Alabama––The chickens came home to roost for seven convicted gamefowl cocks-of-the-walk from the Easterling family on October 13,  2022,  November 30,  2022,  and December 6,  2022. Six Easterlings and an inlaw who was among their employees were sentenced on those three days for multiple […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Poultry, Welfare Tagged With: Amber Nicole Easterling, Brent Easterling, George William “Billy” Easterling, Jim Easterling, Kassi Brook Easterling, Merritt Clifton, Thomas Glyn “Junior” Williams, William Tyler Easterling

Seven members of Alabama cockfighting family plead guilty to federal charges

August 17, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Global, Laws & standards, Pacific rim, Philippines, Poultry, USA Tagged With: Brent Easterling, L&L Game Farm, Marty Irby, Merritt Clifton, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Swift Creek Game Farm, Wayne Pacelle, William Easterling

Rare busts hit cockfighting, dog torture, & other Appalachian pastimes

July 16, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Convictions remain scarce as hen’s teeth LONDON,  Kentucky––Ten people including a Laurel County bailiff were reportedly cited by Kentucky State Police for various alleged offenses on July 10,  2021 while attending a cockfight at Bald Rock,  Kentucky,  according to the Chicago-based animal advocacy organization Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK]. SHARK drones and hidden cameras […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Chickens, Cockfighting, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Poultry, USA Tagged With: Brent Easterling, Charles Howard “Magoo” Dixon, Jacklyn Johnson, John Root, Steve Hindi, Tim Sizemore, Wayne Pacelle

Pro-cockfighting rally draws fewer participants than local cockfights

August 26, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Apathy thwarts “Call To Action BBQ” VERBENA, Alabama––One inept attempt to rally nationwide support for cockfighting,  convened on short notice amid a global pandemic,  scarcely means the multi-million-dollar cockfighting industry is unraveling,  protected as it is by “good old boys” in legislatures and law enforcement. But that fewer people rallied in defense of cockfighting on […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Brenda Schory, Brent Easterling, Jim Collins, John Shearon, Mario Maldonado, Merritt Clifton, Steve Hindi, Stuart Chaifetz

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