Dear Friend,

We’ve crossed a key threshold in our campaign to pass the FIGHT Act in Congress and to crack down on the scourges of dogfighting and cockfighting.

More than 1,000 agencies and organizations now endorse the measure—from the National Sheriffs’ Association and the United Egg Producers to the American Gaming Association and even Animal Wellness Action itself.

This is one of the most diverse and substantive coalitions ever assembled behind any federal anti-cruelty bill. Law enforcement, agricultural groups, public-safety organizations, humane advocates, and civic leaders across the nation all agree that animal fighting is a moral outrage, a risk to public safety, and a zoonotic disease threat that menaces avian agriculture.

Animal fighting is a clandestine criminal enterprise operating on an astonishing scale. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has estimated that as many as 20 million fighting birds are being raised and trained in the United States, and American cockfighters are supplying the world with cockfighting birds—from Mexico to Vietnam and the Philippines.

There are thousands of active dogfighting networks in urban centers and rural enclaves.

Cruelty is the consequence of this kind of malice masquerading as a competition or a “sport.” Gouged eyes, punctured lungs, flesh torn off bodies. Dogs and birds are battered or sliced up in a pit. And often executed in gruesome ways when they don’t perform as their owners and handlers wish.

The FIGHT Act is a Law Enforcement Measure

The FIGHT Act gives us the critical tools we need to dismantle these illicit networks and protect our animals and communities.

We’re in the field every week, working with the authorities to interdict dogfighting and cockfighting crimes. We cannot finish the job without these stronger federal tools like the FIGHT Act. The legislation is essential for shutting down the pits, the breeding infrastructure complexes, and the trafficking networks that spread this abuse and savagery far and wide.

And animal cruelty isn’t the only consequence. Animal fighting operations are hubs for illegal gambling, narcotics trafficking, violence, and disease threats. This is a national crisis, and it demands a strong federal response. When law enforcement agents dismantle a fighting network, they stop a crime wave in the community.

Here’s what the FIGHT Act does: It stops cockfighters from using the U.S. Postal Service to ship tens of thousands of fighting birds in the mail every year. It provides a private right of action, empowering citizens to file civil suits against dogfighters and cockfighters when law enforcement is unable to act on credible evidence. It shuts down online gambling on dogfights and cockfights—a multibillion-dollar global enterprise that fuels the cruelty. And it strengthens criminal forfeiture provisions so that offenders can lose the property, vehicles, land, and equipment after a conviction.

We Need Your Help to Spread the Word

To help convert our growing momentum into legislative victory, we’ve created a new shareable document to clinch the case for the FIGHT Act. You can view and save the poster here.

Please put it to work right away. Share the poster with your federal lawmakers and their staff. Email it, print it, or hand-deliver it. A compelling visual can break through in ways words alone cannot, and it adds force to your request that your U.S. representative and senators support and cosponsor the FIGHT Act.

Post it across your social media platforms—Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, Truth Social —wherever you have a voice. Every share expands visibility and strengthens the public mandate for action.

Bring it to local leaders and community organizations. Ask for endorsements from law enforcement associations, humane societies, community safety groups, League of Women Voters chapters, civic and faith organizations, and local elected officials. Every new endorsement adds weight to our national coalition and increases pressure on Congress.

This poster is meant to travel—through inboxes, meeting rooms, social networks, and communities across the country. Every person you reach helps build the consensus and urgency we need to pass this lifesaving bill.

Thank you for using this tool today. Together, we can end animal fighting in the United States and protect animals, communities, and the rule of law.

With appreciation and determination,