Cockfighting

• Rooster kills its owner with slash to the groin at cockfight

  The victim was fatally injured by his own rooster's blade at an illegal cockfight in India, authorities say.

  Trending

  Mar 2, 2021
  
• Rooster kills police chief after raid on illegal cockfight

  The rooster cut his artery with its ankle blade in a freak accident in the Philippines.

  Trending

  Oct 28, 2020
  
• Advertisement
• Indian man dies after razor-laden rooster attacks him on way to cockfight

  The man was reportedly slashed by a blade tied to the animal's claw on Jan. 15 while en route to a cockfight in Andhra Pradesh, India.

  Trending

  Jan 23, 2020
• Advertisement
• BC SPCA reviewing evidence of possible cockfighting ring

  Officials say newly expanded sections of the criminal code that target animal fighting have allowed them to better crack down on the practice.

  Crime

  Oct 7, 2019
• BC SPCA, RCMP execute raid for possible cockfighting ring at Surrey farm

  Cockfighting is a brutal blood sport in which roosters fight each other to death, and carries a maximum penalty of five years in jail.

  Crime

  Oct 5, 2019
• Romanian princess gets probation for role in cockfighting business in US

  A Romanian princess was sentenced Wednesday to probation after apologizing for her role in a cockfighting enterprise that she said brought shame to her and her family.

  Crime

  Oct 22, 2014
• 3,000 birds rescued in New York cockfighting takedown

  More than 3,000 birds were rescued in a three-county cockfighting takedown in New York this weekend that resulted in nine felony arrests.

  World

  Feb 10, 2014
• 60-year-old Romanian princess pleads not guilty in Oregon cockfighting case

  Princess Irina, the daughter of the last king of Romania, was hobnobbing two years ago with European royalty in Bucharest to celebrate the 90th birthday of her regal father.

  Aug 16, 2013