The Oklahoma Legislature is seeing renewed efforts to reduce the penalties for cockfighting, a practice that is currently a felony in the state. A rooster is pictured in a pen in Arcadia on Oct. 13.

When the Titus County Sheriff’s Office arrested Timothy C. Thompson for hosting a July 4 cockfight, animal welfare advocates celebrated. They had worked to get him arrested and dubbed him the region’s ...

Before 2023, roosters didn’t crow much in Dallas. Ordinances banned fowl ownership within city limits, but nowadays, Dallasites across the city rise with the sun and the birds that greet it with their ...

It was late November, one week before the start of the illicit cockfighting season, when thousands gathered inside the city of Cleveland’s expo arena for a game fowl festival. While cockfighting is ...