Animal fighting is a barbaric and desensitizing form of entertainment, with dogs and roosters placed in a pit and forced to fight to the death as spectators gamble on the bloodletting. These staged battles are closely entangled with illegal gambling, money laundering, narcotics trafficking, and human-on-human violence. Cockfighting is also a disease threat to birds used in agriculture.
The Fighting Inhumane Gambling and High-Risk Trafficking (FIGHT) Act would strengthen the federal law against dogfighting and cockfighting, allowing for citizen suits against these perpetrators, banning on-line gambling on animal fights, and forbidding the use of the U.S. mail to ship adult roosters.
Urge your legislators to cosponsor the Fighting Inhumane Gambling and High-Risk Trafficking (FIGHT) Act!