The slick lizards have bad neighbors NAUVOO, Alabama––The reputed cockfighting capital of Alabama, on May 27, 2023 hosted a Memorial Day weekend surprise visit from the Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] drone team. Tipped off to a cockfight droned in progress at 44 Cagle Drive, Nauvoo, Alabama, Walker County sheriff’s deputies “went out […]
Animal fighters go down in Mississippi, South Carolina, Florida, & Ohio
Alleged cockfighters, dogfighters, & bedsheet boys exposed TUPELO, Mississippi––Attentive viewers of a May 19, 2023 joint Zoom media conference presented by Animal Wellness Action and Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] might have noted the absence of SHARK founder Steve Hindi from the speaker lineup. Hindi, who checked in with ANIMALS 24-7 soon afterward, […]
Will Delaware bust cockpit exposed at SHARK/AWA media conference?
Action in the land of the Fighting Blue Hens’ Chickens FELTON, Delaware––Is a major cockfighting bust imminent in Delaware, a state which has apparently not had a cockfighting raid since January 25, 2006? ANIMALS 24-7 understands the Delaware State Police on May 16, 2023 executed at least one search warrant at a site discovered and […]
Waiting for Godot & a good, cheap non-surgical alternative to s/n surgery
Joyce Briggs of ACC&D to leave the cast of “Waiting for Godot” after 18 years PORTLAND, Oregon––Alliance for Contraception in Cats & Dogs president Joyce Briggs might be accused of burying the lead in the May 2, 2023 edition of the ACC&D electronic newsletter. “First, we want to let you know that our 2021-22 Biennial […]
Cullman County, Alabama: combatting cockfighting in a KKK stronghold
Showing Animals Respect & Kindness aims to see the sun set on one of the Ku Klux Klan’s biggest fundraising rackets in one of the most notorious of “Sundown” counties CULLMAN, Alabama––Cockfighting, the Ku Klux Klan, and corruption of law enforcement came together from Georgia to Cullman County, Alabama, home of the Bug Tussle cockpit, […]
Hitting cockfights in four states, SHARK takes on boxing champ Roy Jones Jr.
Flies drone into Misssissipi cockpit on the way home TUPELO, Mississippi; BUG TUSSLE, Alabama; PENSACOLA, Florida––Monday mornings at ANIMALS 24-7 tend to be a bit like show-and-tell in kindergarten. Animal advocates from around the world check in by email, Facebook messaging, text messaging, and sometimes even by telephone to let us know what they have […]
Murder at cockfights isn’t just a Hawaiian thing, animal groups tell Kentucky
And organized crime associated with cockfighting is not just a few rotten eggs HONOLULU, Hawaii––Five days after an alleged cockfight attendee shot five others in Māʻili, Hawaii, 30 miles from Honolulu, murdering two and wounding three, the Hawaiian killings continued to both upstage and illustrate the efforts of Animal Wellness Action and Showing Animals […]
Cockfighters + chickenshit spreads H5N1 avian flu, killing 58.6 million birds
Ignoring cockfights, sheriffs & state troopers put whole communities at risk TUPELO, Mississippi––One of these days Lee County, Mississippi sheriff Jim Johnson may be forcefully reminded by agents of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that allowing cockfights to go on practically under his nose is not just a matter of ignoring state and federal law. […]
Woman killed by pit bulls where cockfighters appear to own the law
More animal-related mayhem along 24 miles of “quiet” country road than in many big cities WHITELY CITY, Kentucky––Bad things involving animals happen along the 24-mile route from Slab Vanover Road, between Honeybee and Parker’s Lake in northern McCreary County, Kentucky, to Honest Abe’s cockpit at 303 Low Gap Road, two miles east of Pine Knot, […]
Wild cow milking out in Livermore, charreada abuse OK in Boone County
Livermore rodeo acts voluntarily; Boone County flouts Illinois law, own ordinances, and even Mexican Federation of Charreria rules LIVERMORE, California; BELVIDERE, Illinois––Probably the most remarkable aspect of the Livermore Rodeo board of directors’ recent decision to drop so-called “wild cow milking” from the June 2023 edition of one of California’s oldest and largest rodeos is […]