Cruel hypocrisy masquerades as concern for exploited dogs, cats, & gamefowl SEOUL; HANOI; CROSS PLAINS, Texas; BENNETT, Colorado––One need not have spent much time personally investigating Southeast Asian dog and cat meat markets, or U.S. cockpits, or even just viewing the wealth of undercover and drone video of such operations gathered in recent years […]
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 […]
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, […]
Anthony Devore: “Shocked, shocked” to find cockfighting at a cockfight?
Oklahoma Gamefowl Commission founder & president caught at a cockfight after repeatedly denying involvement SHADY GROVE, Oklahoma––The only evident resemblance between Oklahoma Gamefowl Commission founder and president Anthony DeVore and Jesus, much as DeVore likes to claim unjust persecution, is that DeVore was apparently betrayed by one of his own associates three times before […]
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 […]
Cockfight exposed in Ferris, Texas, with drone video of the actual fighting
Whether Ellis County will actually bring charges remains unknown FERRIS, Texas––Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] and Animal Wellness Action “have busted yet another illegal cockfighting ring in Ferris, Texas,” Animal Wellness Action posted to social media late on March 24, 2025. Ferris begins at the southern city limit of Dallas, Texas. Unfortunately, in absence […]
Titus County, TX sheriffs didn’t raid Facebook friends’ alleged cockfight
Alleged cockfight host has gamecock as his profile picture MOUNT PLEASANT, Texas––Alleged collusion between cockfighters and law enforcement rarely looks more brazen than on March 15, 2025, 80 miles east of Dallas. “Local Law Enforcement Allows Massive Assembly of Cockfighters to Escape After Animal Wellness Groups Uncover and Document Fighting Derby in Progress in Titus […]