California Association for the Preservation of Gamefowl argues that 90% of game fowl breeders are Latino. So are 89% of 90 recent cockfighting-related murder victims. SACRAMENTO, California––California state assembly member Chris Rogers, a Democrat from Ukiah, might have imagined his anti-cockfighting bill, AB 928, would easily clear the state senate appropriations committee on August 3, […]
Jaripeo Baile rodeo participants don’t know a downed bull from a piñata
The mayhem at the rented home of the California Rodeo Salinas was not bull-riding, steer-tailing, or even bullfighting as done by the rules SALINAS, California––If the Jaripeo Baile held on August 1, 2026 at the Salinas Sports Complex in Salinas, California had been an authentic exhibition of Mexican culture, the participants who kicked and […]
“Pigeon-shooting psychopath” indicted for allegedly defrauding Medicare
Former Philadelphia Gun Club president claimed his father was not a relative & to have urged Donald Trump to run for president PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania––Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] founder Steve Hindi introduced the existence of then-Philadelphia Gun Club president E. Bruce DiDonato, 71, to ANIMALS 24-7 on April 1, 2013, but what Hindi said […]
Cockfighters, dog & cat meat breeders play the violin for lost lives
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 […]
Steer-tailing yanked down by the tail in Ogle County, Illinois; SHARK wins
Venue owners surrender conditional use permit rather than face Showing Animals Respect & Kindness and the Humane Farming Association application for emergency injunction ROCHELLE, Illinois––Steer-tailers in the habit of converging on Rancho La Esperanza will have to jerk something else, somewhere else, after the property owners on July 10, 2026 relinquished the Ogle County conditional […]
L.A. city council likely to buck rodeo ban; Ogle County stalls on steer-tailing
Commercialized cruelty hides behind “culture” & pols follow the money LOS ANGELES, California; ROCHELLE, Illinois––A Los Angeles City Council bill to ban rodeo, pending since December 2023 and set to expire on July 18, 2026, appears likely to be bucked off the council agenda by opposition from Arts, Parks, Libraries & Community Enrichment Committee chair […]
Feds bust Louisiana cop for allegedly retaliating against cockfighting witness
Cop apparently tried to forge documents to get witness deported as alleged illegal alien GULFPORT, Mississippi––Confirmation of probable collusion between cockfighters and elements of law enforcement surfaced in Gulfport, Mississippi on June 1, 2026, days after major cockfighting busts in Mississippi, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. U.S. Federal Court magistrate judge Bradley Rath denied bond for Hammond, […]
Ogle County last in Illinois to move rears re steer-tailing, alleges SHARK
Four other counties “have taken significant steps” to reduce steer-tailing cruelty, says Steve Hindi ROCHELLE, Illinois––Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] on May 18, 2026 heralded the arrival of rodeo season with a rare announcement of good news on the steer-tailing front. “As we enter our fifth year of exposing the illegal animal abuse at […]
Korean Air responds to cockfighting complaints; rural sheriffs don’t
Korean Air suspends rooster transport to the Philippines SEOUL, South Korea; FANNIN COUNTY, Georgia; DAYTON, Tennessee––Why is Korean Air more responsive to complaints about cockfighters, at considerable monetary cost to itself, than rural Southern sheriffs who are paid in part to stop cockfights? “Korean Air has suspended rooster shipments on flights from the United States […]
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 […]