As you will recall, two weeks ago SHARK's drone uncovered a cockfighting location in Tennessee. 

Acting on SHARK's tip, Union County Sheriff Billy Breeding and his deputies raided the cockfighting derby in progress and cited 98 perpetrators with crimes related to cockfighting. Additional fights that had been planned throughout the day were prevented.

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Raid highlights push for tougher cockfighting laws in Tennessee

Senator Jon Lundberg (R - Bristol) has introduced SB 0194 to classify most animal fighting cases as a Class E felony. Fines would range from $1,000 - $2,500. If passed, the bill would go into effect on July 1, 2023.

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"When you have cockfighting, it involves gambling and it involves drinking, it involves drugs, it involves underage kids. All of these are bad things, and I don't think anybody wants us to be a draw, a magnet, for that kind of activity in Tennessee," said Lundberg.


Finding illegal cockfights requires a lot of traveling and it is expensive, but look at what your support is doing for the animals in Tennessee! Thank you for helping to make this possible!

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