What states is cockfighting legal in?
Louisiana, Oklahoma, and New Mexico (except Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Las Cruces, where it’s illegal).
Game fowl breeders have lobbied to keep cockfighting legal in Louisiana and Oklahoma. In New Mexico, supporters also include Hispanic cultural groups. New Mexico is probably the closest to banning it.
My bad. Oklahoma banned cockfighting last year.
In Virginia, cockfighting is technically legal, but related gambling is illegal.
We may have outlawed in here in OK, but a news report last week on one of OKC’s stations reported that the law isn’t being enforced. So (according to Channel 9 News) it may be illegal, but it’s still very easy to find.
What really surprised me last year was that the vote was so close. I had a PIT thread about it when it was going on, but i can’t get search to work for me these days. Didn’t have any real eye opening info tho, just thought I’d share.
What is wrong with putting two roosters in a ring and betting on the outcome? What’s the big deal? The people can eat the contestants when it is done.
Organized crime is the reason? I doubt the mob would touch the fighting chicken business.
Casino’s could do the “fighting chicken” routine, “Craps, 21, Roulette, Fighting cocks! Also all you can eat chicken in our buffet room!”
Kramer cockfighted in Seinfeld. So, it is safe to assume that people in Manhattan do this all the time.
ET
How true. Just tonight Eve will put on her ball gown and I will don my tux – with spats! – and off we will go to the cockfights. Frankly, she thinks three times a week is a bit much, but I just can’t get enough. Sometimes I take her to an opium den in Chinatown instead to keep her happy.
There is a splendid dogfighting arena in Murray Hill. Tonight, two Standard Poodles will be having a go at it. Should be rather sporting, don’t you think?
I know it’s not legal in Florida, but it sure isn’t pursued too eagerly by the authorities.
It’s legal in Mexico – in fact it’s virtually the only legal form of gambling. It’s not even a back alley type of thing. Every year the state fair in Guanajuato state has official cock fights, and it always attracts “big name” singers to perform during the event. Lots of people go, but I imagine it’s to see the performers more than the fight itself.
I saw a cock fight down there in fact, but not at the fair – it was a show put on for the launch team at a private place. They stopped the fight before any of the roosters died. I think they weren’t wearing spurs, either, but there was blood. I think cocks in a real fight wear spurs or something, don’t they?
“I was a cockteaser at Roosterama. I had to enrage the Bantams before the big bouts.” --Firesign Theater
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While it may still be legal in New Mexico (I’ll have to check, I think it may be legal in only a few counties now, but I’m not sure), it’s not something that’s publically promoted. You won’t find ads on the radio or in the newspaper advertising where and when the next fight is. So while it may be legal, it seems to be very much underground. Or maybe it just seems that way since I’ve never looked for a fight.