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Committee advances cockfighting bill amid broad opposition from poultry hobbyists and breeders
Summary
AB 9 28, introduced by Assemblymember Rogers, was advanced to the Judiciary Committee with committee members expressing interest in narrowing language to avoid penalizing hobbyists and youth programs.
Assemblymember Rogers presented AB 9 28, described as the California Cockfighting Cruelty Act, to equip enforcement with tools to address gamefowl yards, trafficking and associated criminal activity. The committee voted to refer the bill to the Judiciary Committee.
Supporters, including Humane World for Animals' Adam Parascandola and Dr. Gail Hansen of the Humane Veterinary Medical Alliance, said cockfighting operations and unregulated gamefowl yards can spread avian influenza and other pathogens and are often linked to other criminal activity. Parascandola said the bill would impose limits and provide enforcement tools to disrupt the sale and trafficking of fighting birds, and Hansen argued…
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