Cockfighting, the practice of fighting roosters, is illegal in all 50 states and is a federal crime. There's a push in Oklahoma to lower the penalties for cockfighting there. The practice of ...

It was late November, one week before the start of the illicit cockfighting season, when thousands gathered inside the city of Cleveland’s expo arena for a game fowl festival. While cockfighting is ...

The long tradition of American game-fowl breeding has produced some of the world’s most coveted roosters. A rescued rooster named Twister at Vine Sanctuary in Vermont. The staff members there say he ...

Troy Thompson raises 2,000 to 3,000 roosters annually on his farm in Oklahoma. The birds are tethered to "teepees" when they're five to six months old. "If these aren't penned up, you know, they're ...

Jun 12, 2025 Jun 12, 2025 Updated Jul 20, 2025 0 An organization dedicated to fighting against animal cruelty released videos Wednesday that it says show two Oklahoma Gamefowl Commission officials ...

Amid concerns that state legislators may roll back rules regarding the business of breeding and trading game fowl, animal-welfare activists with two partner organizations -- Animal Wellness Action and ...

Nearly 20 years after Oklahoma voters outlawed cockfighting, gamefowl breeders and other advocates believe they have the political momentum to push for decriminalizing it next year — a first step ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – As a bill that would ...