January 6, 2023
Dear Friends,
This Saturday, January 7, 2023, an illegal cockfight will be held in Pike County, Kentucky.
The pit is called "Hawk's Nest" and Charles "Magoo" Dixon is the Manager.
Watch this video for more information.
Hawk's Nest Pit (pictured below)
Pinsonfork, KY
More Information about Hawk's Nest here:
37.564119, -82.22599
"Magoo" Dixon
SHARK investigators have been inside this pit and have recorded this illegal operation.
Officers at Kentucky State Police Post 9 are well aware of Hawk's Nest cockfighting pit.
The Command staff of the Kentucky State Police Headquarters are also well-aware of "Hawk's Nest."
SHARK has been providing law enforcement information about this criminal operation for years to no avail.
Please contact Post 9 and the Kentucky State Police Headquarters about this upcoming illegal cockfight and let them know you expect them to take action and shut this pit down.
Please call or email:
POST 9
Phone: (606) 433–7711
Captain Randal Surber, Post Commander
[email protected]
Tpr. Michael Coleman, Public Affairs Officer
Email: [email protected]
KSP HEADQUARTERS
Phone: (502) 782-1800
Colonel Phillip "PJ" Burnett, Jr., Commissioner
Email: [email protected]
Proposed talking points/email could include:
* The "Hawk's Nest" cockfighting pit located at coordinates: 37.564119, -82.22599 has been operating for years. SHARK has been providing you with information about this illegal activity and their schedules.
* It is time to do your job that the taxpayers of Kentucky pay you to do and shut down this cockfight pit and the associated criminal activity to protect your community.
Please let us know what response you get.
The cockfighting season is in full swing and your calls and emails last
season helped to shutdown illegal cockfighting pits.
To be added to SHARK's Quick Response Team when we find illegal cockfight locations, please send your email address to: [email protected]
We will notify you who to call and email when we find cockfighting pits to shutdown.
Thank you for your help for the roosters!
Finding illegal cockfights requires a lot of traveling and it is expensive, but with your help, we are saving lives! Please help us continue our work on these illegal cockfights along with all of our other work for the animals.
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