In Oklahoma, there's a push to lower penalties for cockfighting.

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https://www.npr.org/2024/06/11/nx-s1-4942910/in-oklahoma-theres-a-push-to-lower-penalties-for-cockfighting
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In Oklahoma, there’s a push to lower penalties for cockfighting.

JUNE 11, 2024 4:47 AM ET
HEARD ON MORNING EDITION
FROM HARVEST PUBLIC MEDIA

By Anna Pope

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.

ROB SCHMITZ, HOST:

The practice of cockfighting, where two roosters battle each other, has been around since the Roman Empire. In the U.S., it's illegal at both the federal and state levels, but thousands of game fowl roosters are raised across the country. And now in Oklahoma, there's a push to lower penalties for cockfighting. From Harvest Public Media in Kansas City, Anna Pope reports.

ANNA POPE, BYLINE: There are hundreds of roosters on Troy Thompson's farm in southern Oklahoma. They are housed in row after row in tent-like, small, white structures and are tied with foot tethers to prevent them from fighting each other.

TROY THOMPSON: You know, some people like pigs. Some people like horses. I like chickens.

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