Cases help to make case for passage of the FIGHT Act WASHINGTON, D.C.––Frederick Douglass Moorefield, Jr., 63, of Arnold, Maryland, faces up to five years in federal prison after pleading guilty on September 13, 2024 to charges of conspiracy to engage in animal fighting and interstate travel in aid of racketeering. Moorefield, charged on […]
Feds indict 13 Kentucky cockfighters flushed out by SHARK; more busts likely
Indictments do not mention February 25, 2022 FBI raid in Whitesburg, Kentucky LONDON, Kentucky––Eight alleged cockfight organizers and five alleged cockfighters were indicted for federal felonies in grand jury indictments issued on February 24, 2022 in London, Kentucky, unsealed on March 1, 2022. Citing more than a dozen alleged specific dates of cockfights held […]
Busting cockfights by people of color but ignoring the good old boys
Why do cockfighters in majority white conservative states get a free pass from big animal advocacy groups & law enforcement? by Steve Hindi, founder, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness Recently I have read a number of posts from animal organizations applauding the failure of cockfighters’ efforts in the courts to continue cockfighting in the U.S. […]
Rare busts hit cockfighting, dog torture, & other Appalachian pastimes
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 […]