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Assembly committee advances bill aimed at cracking down on cockfighting and gamefowl yards
Summary
AB 928 (referred to in transcript as AB 9 28) would add tools allowing enforcement against operations that breed and sell fighting birds; supporters tied the measure to avian disease and criminal activity, while hobbyist and poultry groups warned the bill could harm legitimate breeders and youth programs.
Assemblymember James Rogers presented AB 928, described as the California Cockfighting Cruelty Act, intended to give enforcement tools to intervene against gamefowl yards and trafficking of birds used for cockfighting. "This bill is a common sense measure to address the active criminal industry of cockfighting and rooster trafficking that still persists in this state," Rogers said, pointing to large seizures and links between the industry and avian influenza outbreaks and other criminal activity.
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