Bill Sponsor(s): Reps. Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD) and Robert Andrews (D-NJ)
Sens. John Ensign (R-NV), Wayne Allard (R-CO), and Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
HSUS Position: Support
| Last Action: |
| Revista “Pie de Cría” llega
a su IV edición |
|
Esta revista bimensual diseñada en México e impresa en Venezuela, llega a su cuarta edición, con un área de distribución, además de México y Venezuela, en Perú, Ecuador, Aruba y España. Esta publicación es una iniciativa nacida de una alianza estratégica entre el director de Pie de Cría, en México, ingeniero Rodolfo Gerrero, y el venezolano Manuel Urbano, coordinador a nivel de Sur América. Destacó que la revista madre (Pie de Cría México) tiene 15 años de fundada, con un tiraje de 12 mil ejemplares mensuales; y en el caso de la revista local, se imprimen 2.000 ejemplares. Entre los columnistas que colaboran en esta edición tenemos a los poetas y escritores Igor Barreto, Aly Pérez, Juan Recagno, Carlos Oraá, y el doctor veterinario cubano, Roy Rodríguez, entre otros colegas mexicanos, así como los directores regionales de Perú, Aruba, Ecuador y España. (BM) |
.......Triche told the Senate committee: "I shouldn't be here.''.......
Hog-dog fighting was outlawed in Louisiana last year and the bloody sport is starting to move into south Mississippi, a Senate panel was told Wednesday.
Sen. Sidney Albritton, R-Picayune, said "rodeos'' have already been reported in Pearl River and Walthall counties along the state line.
"Now that (Louisiana) illegalized it, they're moving north into Mississippi,'' said Albritton, whose district includes parts of Marion, Pearl River and Walthall counties.
The "rodeos'' put pit bulls or other dogs into pens with wild hogs that are left mostly defenseless after their tusks have been sawed off. People bet on how long it will take the dogs to pin down the hogs.
Members of the Senate Judiciary B Committee on Wednesday were shown a television report about hog-dog fighting in south Alabama. The hogs could be heard screeching loudly as dogs pinned them and chewed their ears.
Louisiana Rep. Warren Triche, D-Thibodaux, guided a bill through his state's Legislature last year amid opposition from people who run the "rodeos'' in two parishes near the Louisiana-Mississippi state line.
Triche told Mississippi lawmakers that the events attract hundreds of people who place illegal bets. Animal feces and urine are sometimes tossed onto neighboring property, and mutilated hogs are sometimes left behind, he said.
Mississippi law makes dogfighting a felony and cockfighting a misdemeanor, but it doesn't address hog-dog fighting. Triche said Mississippi should outlaw hog-dog fights before they become widespread.
"This is like the plague,'' Triche said. "You're going to have more and more people make more and more money off this.''
A bill to outlaw hog-dog fights could come up for a vote in Senate Judiciary B next week.
Sen. Hob Bryan, D-Amory, said senators should make it clear that the bill would not make it illegal for hunters to use dogs to pursue wild hogs.
Bryan also said the committee should have a wide range of people look at the bill because unless there's broad public input, "you'll have people look at it and, no pun intended, go hog wild,'' Bryan said.
Triche told the Senate committee: "I shouldn't be here.''
He said if Mississippi outlaws hog-dog fighting, "I know damn good and well they're going to come back into Louisiana.''
The bill is Senate Bill 2354.
Source: http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=2830947
Now Who Do You Think Might Have Done This?
......Senate Judiciary B Committee members were treated to this scene on a film Wednesday in a hearing .....
IS SOMETHING STRANGE?
Is The Truth Making The Political Water A Little Hot For The AR?
Are We Witnessing A New AR Legislative Lackey Technique?
You Don' t Think The AR Are Keeping A Low Media Profile In Hopes Of Making It All Look Local, Not National Special Interest Group Pushed, By The Use Of Local AR Legislative Lackeys, Do You?
Is The Truth Making The Political Water A Little Hot For The AR?
Hog-dog rodeos move into Mississippi
Senate bill would ban this blood sport before it gains foothold here
THE SUN HERALD
JACKSON - The wild hog let out a high-pitched, blood-curdling scream as the pit bull crashed into it and latched on with his jaws.
The handlers had to use a Bowie knife to pry the dog's jaws from the hog's bleeding ear. The audience, including children, cheered from the bleachers.
Senate Judiciary B Committee members were treated to this scene on a film Wednesday in a hearing on a bill to outlaw hog-dog fighting in Mississippi.
The "sport" of hog-dog rodeos, recently outlawed by neighboring Louisiana and Alabama, has already moved into Mississippi, with reports from Pearl River and Walthall counties, in areas that border Louisiana.
At hog-dog rodeos, a wild boar, which has had its tusks removed, is put in a pen. One at a time, pit bulls are released to attack the hog. Dogs are judged by how quickly they take the hog down. The hogs are mangled and often die from the attacks.
Event organizers often import the hogs from Texas, also raising fears that they could release invasive, non-native species in the areas where the fights are held.
Mississippi already has laws against dogfighting, cockfighting, gambling and animal cruelty, but lawmakers are concerned that these laws aren't adequate to combat hog-dog fighting.
Louisiana Rep. Warren J. Triche, who helped pass legislation outlawing the practice, on Wednesday urged Mississippi lawmakers to address the problem before it spreads.
"I probably shouldn't be here, trying to stop this in Mississippi," Triche joked, "because these people will probably be back in Louisiana doing it as soon as you outlaw it. This thing is like the plague. People realize they can make more and more money at it. It's better than a slot machine."
Sen. Gray Tollison, D-Oxford, judiciary chairman, has introduced Senate Bill 2354, which would provide for a fine up to $1,000 and up to 6 months in jail for those participating in hog-dog rodeos.
"For once, we might be getting out ahead of the curve on something," Tollison said.
Sen. Sid Albritton, R-Picayune, said the Pearl River County Sheriff's Department broke up a hog-dog rodeo operation last year and made arrests which the local DA plans to prosecute, but he is concerned the law needs to be more specific.
"We want to stress that we are not doing anything that would impede the legal hunting of wild hogs," Albritton said. Since wild hogs, although prevalent in South Mississippi, are not a native species, hunting them is needed to keep populations down, Albritton said.
South Mississippi, most recently Hancock County, has had problems with dogfighting, which is a felony - even for spectators - and cockfighting, which is a misdemeanor. Louisiana is one of only two states that still allows cockfighting, and many South Mississippians travel there to watch or participate.
(Reuters)
20 January 2005
MANILA - One minute you’re a contender, the next you’re all washed up. So it was for Keapana, the gallant loser of bout 65 of the World Slasher Cup in Manila.
His
fight started promisingly as, urged on by the feverish crowd, he advanced
menacingly on the favourite, Joe Fire Fly. But as
they clashed in a furious tangle of feathers for the third or fourth time,
something went terribly wrong and he slumped to the sawdust
floor. “He’s
dead,” said Keapana’s grim-faced trainer as he carried the broken bird away,
blood gushing from its head. With
hundreds of bouts to go in the three-day tournament, there was no time to mourn
his passing. “Nowhere
is like here -- this is the capital of the cock-fighting world,” said Rich, a
farmer from Canada who says he faces growing persecution for his hobby back
home. Cockfighters
in the Philippines are more likely to get mobbed by admirers than
persecuted. There
are more cockpits than churches in this predominantly Roman Catholic country,
and in Manila’s Araneta stadium the names of great “cockers” like Chuck Berry
and Johnny Jumper are spoken with reverence. Completing
the atmosphere, bookies who stand with their arms wide open to take bets are
called “Cristo” and a life-sized carving of Christ on the crucifix guards one
entrance. Cockfighting
or “sabong” is a rare point of common ground between the impoverished majority
and the rich elite. Driving through the provinces, it seems that every family is
nurturing a cock in their backyard and dreaming of glory. But
there are few “Rocky”-type tales at the World Slasher Cup, regarded by many as
the cockfighting world championships. Big
money is needed to recruit the best trainers and breeders to shape the birds
into killing machines, with a little help from a murderous 3-in (8-cm) blade
tied to one heel. Asked to
sum up the appeal of the sport, which dates back to before Spanish colonisers
arrived, cocking aficionados speak of the thrill, Filipino men’s love of
machismo and gambling, and a sense of fair play rarely found outside the
cockpit. “This is
where you see the spirit of sportsmanship,” said Rodolfo Albano, a former
congressman and owner of about 300 cocks. “No one cheats because, if they do,
they will be attacked by the crowd.” Albano
says he treats his cocks like babies, but all innocence ends once they get in
the ring. A
typical fight goes something like this. Amid a
rising buzz from the crowd as last-second bets of up to 3 million pesos
($54,000) each are placed in a flurry of hand signals, the cocks are psyched up
for battle and set loose. Blood is
quickly drawn and one sinks to the ground. But if he still shows some fight, the
other is allowed to keep attacking, pecking at its eyes and slashing with the
razor-sharp blade. Fans say
cocks hate each other anyway and their sport just gives nature a helping
hand. “It’s a
lack of understanding. All they see is the blood and the gambling,” said Bobby
Fairchild, a mountain of a man from Oklahoma, complaining about pressure from
animal rights campaigners. “It’s
about the connection between a man and a whole family of
roosters.” Fairchild
is one of a growing number of cockfighting refugees who see the Philippines as a
kind of Nirvana. The US
Supreme Court refused to overrule a ban on the sport in Fairchild’s home state
last year, and campaigners are now targeting the only two states where it
remains legal, New Mexico and Louisiana. In the
Philippines, meanwhile, the government is backing cockfighting all the
way. The
state-run gaming authority has plans to launch ”Telesabong”, an online system
that will allow fans to bet from home and could rake in a fortune from millions
of overseas workers pining for their national sport. American refugees