Sentences with phrase «for cockfighting»

We take about 70 policy ideas — such as adoption of felony - level penalties for cockfighting, or humane breeding standards for dogs — as our benchmarks.

Those who train roosters for cockfighting exploit this natural trait by isolating and tormenting individual birds, using terror tactics to turn them into killers.

It's believed that chickens were first domesticated somewhere in India thousands of years ago, initially for cockfighting and later for meat consumption.

Not exact matches

Given that Senator John McCain, who famously called MMA «human cockfighting» and a «blood sport», called for a nationwide ban in the US, which fell on deaf ears, should the UK government ban MMA and professional boxing as some other nations, such as Sweden, have?

Whatever one thinks of cockfighting, the suggestion is that a spirit is alive and well in Oklahoma that is largely dead in other parts of the country that are inclined to look down on the likes of Representative Martin Odom of Hitchita who says a ban on cockfighting could lead to outlawing «the rifle for hunting, the hook for fishing, the rope for rodeo calves, and the spurs on cowboys.»

There's vengeance of merciless zen as whiplash kicks sound like sneezes, punches 5/11/2018 The Ninja trilogy — blu - ray reviews for VideoVista at videovista.net http://web.archive.org/web/20160409091654/http://www.videovista.net/reviews/jan16/ninjatril.html 3/5 are played on a cardboard drum kit, and a local cockfighting arena is a wellchosen venue for the decisive showdown.

As long as this August stays claustrophobic and «stagebound,» the film retains some of the original's acid touch — notably in a lengthy dinner scene in which chief Gorgon Violet (Meryl Streep) upbraids the men for their relaxed dress code: «I thought we were having a funeral, not a cockfight.»

There's less of the second quality in this movie, but one has to wonder about the movie's disregard for life — both animal (When his cockfighting roosters get loose, he shoots one and smothers another with a pillow) and human (Alan listens to music while his father has a heart attack and seems almost happy to have witnessed Marshall shooting one of his associates).

The deep pockets behind SQ777 are not lobbying hard for the proposal because their main interest is puppy mills and cockfighting.

Dr. Weitzman is also adamant that the organization continue to go the extra mile to advocate for animal welfare beyond the region and fight against cruelty in many other forms, including cockfighting and dogfighting, puppy mills, and other inhumane treatment of animals.

Holding factory farms accountable for water pollution, encouraging sustainable farming science, making cockfighting illegal and closing down puppy mills have all been a part of achieving balance.

His efforts led to the successful passage of legislation in forty - two states, through direct lobbying activity as well as grassroots lobbying efforts, including the passage of stricter animal abuse laws for horse racing, dog racing, dog fighting, cockfighting, puppy mills, and pet stores.

While cockfighting has been a felony offense in Texas, major loopholes in the law allowed the activity to flourish, and made Texas a magnet for criminal cockfighters who come from neighboring states where the penalties were more severe.

The new laws signed by the governor strengthen the Texas statutes to crack down on cockfighting, provide standards for large - scale dog breeding operations, and upgrade the animal cruelty laws.

Citizens from across West Virginia participating in Humane Lobby Day 2010 are assembling Thursday at the state capital to rally in support of animal protection legislation and to meet with lawmakers to urge them to pass animal protection bills to make cockfighting a felony and establish standards for commercial dog breeders.

Lobby day participants are urging passage of S.B. 380, a bill that would make cockfighting a felony, make it a felony to provide a premises for animal fighting, possess animals for fighting or animal fighting paraphernalia, require forfeiture of animals for people convicted of animal fighting and prohibit wagering on animal fights.

We banned cockfighting, made dogfighting a felony offense, passed licensing and regulatory control of puppy mills, increased penalties for neglect and abuse, covered birds under cruelty statutes, regulated the keeping of large carnivores, preserved local regulations on farm animals, and most recently, we helped pass the Canine Cruelty Prevention Act which has closed down over 1,200 puppy mills.

It was one of the breeds used for bull and bear baiting before the 19th century when sports such as cockfighting were common place and animal rights not yet fully in place.

West Virginians are gathering in support of animal protection legislation and urging lawmakers to make cockfighting a felony and establish standards for commercial dog breeders.

A major item on our agenda this year will be to require that abusers handle the «costs of care» for the animals rescued from dogfighting, cockfighting, and other cases of cruelty — rather than placing the financial burden on animal protection groups.

Under current federal law, it is a felony crime to sponsor or exhibit an animal in a fighting venture; to buy, sell, deliver, possess, train or transport an animal for fighting purposes; to use the Postal Service or other interstate means to promote animal fighting; to buy, sell, deliver or transport cockfighting implements; and to bring a minor to an animal fight.

Outside yard with open grassy expanse and meeting hall for held the meeting, dance performance and sometime cockfighting.

Nusa Ceningan offers many tourist attractions such as swallow cave, historical temples that are famous with their cockfighting, the unique seaweed farming and white sand beaches with superb waves for surfing.

In the reign of Mangku Pastika (as a head of Bali Provincial Police), the campaign against cockfighting reached its peak, the secular tajen (cockfighting for gambling purpose) virtually vanished from the island but the Tabuh Rah (cockfighting for religious purpose) survived until present day.

The Pokémon franchise has come under fire for its depiction of violence towards animals, with organizations like PETA criticizing Nintendo for releasing games that glorify cockfighting.

Cockfighting is a felony, but owning roosters for the purpose of fighting them and attending a cockfight are both perfectly legal.

To terminate a lease (a rental agreement for a year is a lease), there would have to be just cause for eviction (p. 65), such as failing to pay rent, violating terms of the agreement, cockfighting, and so on, and that does not include being a pain in the neck.