MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) _ Oklahoma gamefowl breeders filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday to declare a proposal to ban cockfighting unconstitutional and keep it from being placed on the statewide ballot.

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The ex-president of the New York chapter of the United Gamefowl Breeders Association, which claims to raise the farm birds to compete as show birds, surrendered himself to the federal authorities ...

TAHLEQUAH - Gary Gilliam has spent half his life caring for gamefowl and they've rewarded his efforts over the years, winning dozens of cockfights. But now he is in a fight of his own to keep the ...

The cockfighting industry is in a state-by-state battle for survival and Texans who call themselves "cockers" aren't ready to go away quietly. In recent years, they've been some of the biggest ...

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 ...

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 ...

A rooster is outfitted with plastic spurs ahead of a cockfight at Club Gallístico de Arecibo in Hatillo, Puerto Rico, Oct. 16, 2019. Congress passed a ban on cockfighting in Puerto Rico and other U.S.

Two gamecocks, a Hatch Grey and a mixed Sweater-Radio variety, spar at a Midlands South Carolina breeding operation Friday. The State A federal grand jury has been looking into cockfighting in South ...