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 Animal Fighting Amendments of 2022 would strengthen the federal law against dogfighters 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 Animal Fighting Amendments of 2022 today!