Press Statrement EXPERT INTERVIEWS AVAILABLE 54 arrests for animal cruelty show Kentucky state police are taking animal fighting, related crimes seriously. Louisville, KY — Leaders of Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK), Animal Wellness Action, and the Center for a Humane Economy applauded Kentucky State Police for a weekend bust of a cockfight that resulted in … Read more
Sacramento, CA — Following the declaration of a state of emergency over bird flu in California, the Center for a Humane Economy and Animal Wellness Action are raising alarms over the public health risks posed by rampant and widespread illegal cockfighting operations, which threaten to spread the disease to California’s enormous commercial poultry flocks and, … Read more
Press Statement EXPERT INTERVIEWS AVAILABLE FIGHT Act now before Congress will strengthen tools for cops and citizens to further clamp down on a crime that too often goes uncharged, unprosecuted. Tulsa, OK — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy applauded the Grady County Sheriff’s Office for busting a cockfighting operation and large case of … Read more
Yet one more mass shooting at a cockfight — the third in Mexico in recent months — underscores violence associated with trafficking of fighting animals, as Congress dithers on the FIGHT Act Washington, D.C. — A handful of lawmakers in Congress blocked final action on the FIGHT Act, and just days after that unfortunate obstructionism, … Read more
Last week, Frederick Moorfield, who was a senior communications officer at the Department of Defense, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for running a dogfighting network in Maryland and Washington, D.C. It was a deeply disturbing revelation that a Pentagon official could be involved in this evil enterprise. Hats off to federal officials … Read more
Douglas Moorfield Jr. was found with scarred dogs, execution tools, blood-stained carpets from decades-old fighting ring. Washington, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy applauded U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett for handing down an 18-month sentence in federal prison to former Pentagon official and Department of Defense senior communications … Read more
Arizona Sheriffs’ Association supports the FIGHT Act to step up enforcement and end barbaric, crime-infested fighting operations Pima County, AZ — Wayne Pacelle, president of Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy, applauded the work of Pima County sheriff’s deputies for identifying and immediately busting a large-scale cockfighting operation they discovered when … Read more
Incident is another indicator of the need for federal law to eradicate illegal staged animal fighting, animal welfare groups say Sacramento County, CA — Wayne Pacelle, president of Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy, applauded the work of Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office for uncovering a large-scale cockfighting ring with 200 fighting … Read more
Press Release Cockfighting deserves more than home detention, owing to cruelty involved and inherent threats to nearby communities Louisville, KY — Two national animal welfare groups say a federal judge came up short when he declined to impose any prison time for a cockfighting pit operator in eastern Kentucky. Chief U.S. District Judge Danny C. … Read more
Deputies found 20 people at cockfight, including children Hermiston, OR — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy, today applauded deputies from the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office for arresting a man allegedly connected to a cockfighting ring in Hermiston. “We applaud Umatilla County Sheriff’s deputies who disrupted this barbaric and criminal cockfighting … Read more