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Animal Fighting in Tennessee

By Baker Associates

Animal fighting has made somewhat of a resurgence in the national headlines lately with the exploits of individuals such as Michael Vick, former quarterback of the Atlanta Falcons who now plays for the Philadelphia Eagles, who served prison time due to his connection with a dog-fighting ring. More recently, officials in California arrested three men and seized 600 birds used for cockfighting at a farm in an area in which they had made arrests and seized over 1200 birds just the year before. The article cited below details several other arrests which have been made in the area for cockfighting, which is a sport and betting activity that still thrives in the underground in very state. As stated in the article, cockfighting is illegal in every state and thirty-nine states have made it a felony...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on May 07, 2010 (boomark / email).