50 animals seized from Medina Township Ohio home,
courtesy CBS 19 WOIO
About 50 animals removed from a Medina Township home Thursday morning, and officials believe the owner was possibly operating a cock fighting ring…more
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Thursday, October 6, 2011
Nearly 50 animals seized from home of suspected cock-fighting ring
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Cockfight in Toledo leads to arrests of 12 area men
…Cockfighting is a centuries-old [blood] sport in which two or more specially bred birds, or gamecocks, are placed in an enclosed pit to fight, according to information on the Humane Society of the United States site…
…Ohio is one of only a handful of states where cockfighting is considered a misdemeanor, Mr. [John] Dinon [executive director of the Toledo-Area Humane Society] said. He added that there is a bill up for consideration in the Ohio legislature that would make the crime a felony.
House Bill 260 would charge a first-time offender with a fifth-degree felony…more
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