Mississippi Business Journal » cockfighter http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 22 May 2013 14:27:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Animal rights group want cockfighting made a felony http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/31/animal-rights-group-want-cockfighting-made-a-felony/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=animal-rights-group-want-cockfighting-made-a-felony http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/31/animal-rights-group-want-cockfighting-made-a-felony/#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:06:17 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=68850 JACKSON — Cockfighting is big business because Mississippi has the second weakest cockfighting law in the nation, according to Humane Society of the United States. John Goodwin, HSUS’ director of animal cruelty policy, said Mississippi lawmakers should make the illegal, underground sport a felony. “This cruel blood sport is wide and pervasive in various nooks [...]

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