Intensive SHARK, Humane Farming Association, & Animal Wellness Action pressure on law enforcement to crack down on cockfighting brings results FELTON, Delaware; JEFFERSON, Louisiana; ELYRIA, Ohio––Cockfighting cases breaking in three states within a week’s time demonstrate the influence of pressure brought to bear on law enforcement in recent months by the combined efforts of […]
HFA & SHARK lawsuit hits Boone County, Illinois, for permitting steer-tailing
Case has potential to stop charreada throughout Illinois BELVIDERE, Illinois––Charreada promoters suddenly have something more to worry about during the second half of the Illinois charreada season than just Showing Animals Respect & Kindness drones monitoring steer-tailing, electroshocking, horse-flogging, and horse-tripping. An August 24, 2023 lawsuit brought against Boone County, Illinois, by the Humane […]
Supreme Court split verdict on California pig law sets up another round
California “wins” right to enforce ban on sale of pork from pigs kept in gestation stalls, but Justice Kavanaugh tells agribusiness how they might reverse the decision WASHINGTON D.C.––Rendering a decision split more ways than a pork belly by a supermarket butcher, with little consideration of pig suffering but a great deal of attention to […]
Dog meat farmers’ protest reflects grassroots success in South Korea
Home-grown anti-dog meat campaign succeeds where boycotts, petitions, & bashing failed for 40 years SEOUL, South Korea––About 50 people on April 25, 2023 straggled through the streets of Seoul, the national capital of South Korea, in a protest about dog-eating. Animal advocates’ events often attract much bigger crowds these days. These protesters were among […]
98 alleged cockfighters busted; got only $50 fines & kept birds
Weak Tennessee cockfighting penalties boost the price of eggs MAYNARDVILLE, Tennessee––Ninety-eight alleged cockfighters were cited and approximately 250 gamecocks were seized by the Union County Sheriff’s Office near Maynardville, Tennessee on January 28, 2023. Yet none of the ninety-eight suspects went to jail. All were released after paying $50 […]
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 […]
Hearts out of place: transplants, pigs, chickens, “victories” & McDonald’s
If “victories” for farmed animals meant beans, that would be a substantial improvement BALTIMORE, Maryland; WASHINGTON D.C.––David Bennett, 57, who on January 7, 2022 became the first human to receive a heart transplanted from a genetically-modified pig, died on March 8, 2022 at the University of Maryland School of Medicine hospital. “The biggest barrier to […]
Why California proposition 2, now in effect, is not protecting farmed animals
by Brad Miller Founder, Humane Farming Association California Proposition 2, passed by voters who hoped to protect farmed animals in November 2008, officially goes into non-effect this week. The Humane Society of the U.S. promised donors and the public that Proposition 2 would outlaw cages for laying hens and would result in a “cage-free” California. […]