[Vision2020] [Spam] The President Signs Landmark AnimalFightingLegislation!!

Fri May 4 14:22:56 PDT 2007

Cockfighting is illegal is Arizona. I am not sure though if it a felony or a misdemeanor. In any case the law is ignored.
Roger
-----Original message-----
From: "Tom Hansen" thansen at moscow.com
Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 13:19:06 -0700
To: "'lfalen'" lfalen at turbonet.com,  "'Saundra Lund'" sslund at roadrunner.com, "'Vision 2020'" vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] [Spam] The President Signs Landmark AnimalFightingLegislation!!

> I am certain that there is a movement in Arizona to criminalize
> cockfighting.
> 
> My primary concern, as has been brought up various times by Rep. Tom Trail,
> is Idaho's lack of concern for dogs that are trained to fight to the death
> here in Idaho for the sake of money.  Their diet (I have read and have been
> told) consists of food heavily laced with gun powder (which slowly and
> permanently destroys the dog's brain).  Once these dogs are deemed no longer
> effective, they are normally turned loose (usually with broken limbs and
> bleeding) in the wilds of Idaho.
> 
> Currently, raising dogs for these fights amounts to nothing more than a
> misdemeanor.
> 
> Such punishment MUST be hardened.
> 
> Seeya round town, Moscow.
> 
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
> 
> "We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college
> students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."
> 
> - Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
> On Behalf Of lfalen
> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 1:06 PM
> To: Saundra Lund; 'Vision 2020'
> Cc: ttrail at house.idaho.gov
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] [Spam] The President Signs Landmark
> AnimalFightingLegislation!!
> 
> It is good that this bill has passed and has been signed. The problem now is
> enforcement. When I was in Arizona cockfighting as illegal, but it was still
> a big business.  Fighting cocks soid for over $1000.00. Hopefully a federal
> law will be easier to enforce. Not holding my breath.
> 
> Roger
> -----Original message-----
> From: "Saundra Lund" sslund at roadrunner.com
> Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 12:45:17 -0700
> To: "'Vision 2020'" vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: [Spam] [Vision2020] The President Signs Landmark Animal
> FightingLegislation!!
> 
> > Visionaires:
> > 
> > Drats -- I suppose it was only a matter of time until I had to send
> > President Bush a thank-you note (even a stopped clock is right twice a
> day),
> > and today was the day  :-)))  For inquiring minds, yes -- I've already
> sent
> > it  :-)
> > 
> > Yet here in Idaho we remain in the Dark Ages  :-(((
> > 
> > Now more than ever it's of vital importance for Dr. Trail's efforts at
> > reforming some of our animal laws to be successful!  Otherwise I fear
> Idaho
> > will become even more of a haven for these miscreants who will have a
> > negative impact on our quality of life as well as put strains we can
> > ill-afford on our criminal justice system.
> > 
> >
> http://www.hsus.org/legislation_laws/federal_legislation/cruelty_issues/anim
> > al_fighting_law_signed.html
> > OR
> > http://tinyurl.com/224op3
> > 
> > "The President Signs Landmark Animal Fighting Legislation 
> >   
> > May 3, 2007 
> >  
> > The fighting dog's life is full of misery.  
> > 
> > Today, President Bush signed into law a bill that will help law
> enforcement
> > rid the United States of dogfighting, cockfighting, and other forms of
> > animal fighting.
> > 
> > Dogfighting and cockfighting crimes are rampant in the United States, with
> > individuals arrested every week in scores of locations under state laws.
> The
> > vast underground networks generate pervasive animal cruelty, drug
> > trafficking, illegal gambling, public corruption and even violence and
> > murder. The Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act, which passed
> > Congress with large bi-partisan support, will give law enforcement a
> > stronger tool to crack down on this illegal activity.
> > 
> > "Animal fighting is a barbaric and inhumane practice, and it is fitting
> and
> > appropriate that we now have a national policy condemning and
> criminalizing
> > this form of organized animal cruelty," states Wayne Pacelle, president
> and
> > CEO of The Humane Society of the United States, which has led the national
> > battle against animal fighting and been the primary advocate for this
> > federal legislation.
> > 
> > The law takes effect immediately. It provides felony penalties for
> > interstate commerce, import and export related to animal fighting
> > activities, including commerce in cockfighting weapons. It will make it
> much
> > harder for criminals who engage in dogfighting and cockfighting to
> continue
> > their operations. Each violation of the federal law may bring up to three
> > years in jail and up to a $250,000 fine for perpetrators. 
> > 
> > Cockfighting is outlawed in every state except Louisiana, although there
> is
> > mounting pressure in that state to ban the practice. Many states still
> have
> > misdemeanor penalties for cockfighting. The federal law slaps felony
> > penalties on interstate cockfighting trafficking, and this should provide
> an
> > enormous deterrent for the tens of thousands of people involved in this
> > criminal industry. 
> > 
> > The law will have a devastating impact on major breeders of fighting
> > animals, who depend on customers from all over the United States and
> abroad.
> > Dog kennels rely on transporting their fighting dogs across state lines
> and
> > across the world to customers. The new law should substantially curb the
> > transport of fighting animals across state and U.S. borders. The HSUS is
> > already seeing some major breeders of fighting roosters cutting back on
> > production. 
> > 
> > The Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act will help end the export
> of
> > fighting animals to other countries. Selling roosters to customers in the
> > Philippines and other nations can be lucrative for American cockfighters.
> > The new law puts increased pressure on the airlines to stop shipping
> > roosters to cockfighting hot spots. 
> > 
> > The new law had been introduced by Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-Calif.), Rep.
> Earl
> > Blumenauer (D-Ore.), and Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.) in the House, and by
> > Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.), Sen. Arlen
> Specter
> > (R-Pa.), and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) in the Senate. It had also
> > been endorsed by more than 500 groups, including all major humane
> > organizations, the American Veterinary Medical Association, the National
> > Chicken Council, the National Sheriffs' Association, and more than 400
> local
> > law enforcement agencies covering all 50 states."
> > 
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