A blood-soaked rainbow of feathers decorates the ground, the last breaths of a dying rooster escape in weak squawks, onlookers cheer and a victorious bettor happily accepts his payout. The losing bird ...

The cockfighting industry is in a state-by-state battle for survival and Texans who call themselves "cockers" aren't ready to go away quietly. In recent years, they've been some of the biggest ...

TAHLEQUAH - Gary Gilliam has spent half his life caring for gamefowl and they've rewarded his efforts over the years, winning dozens of cockfights. But now he is in a fight of his own to keep the ...

Troy Thompson raises 2,000 to 3,000 roosters annually on his farm in Oklahoma. The birds are tethered to "teepees" when they're five to six months old. "If these aren't penned up, you know, they're ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ Gamefowl breeders demanded legislation Wednesday that would exempt rural Oklahomans from a voter-approved ban on cockfighting, calling the blood sport part of the culture of rural ...

Nearly 20 years after Oklahoma voters outlawed cockfighting, gamefowl breeders and other advocates believe they have the political momentum to push for decriminalizing it next year — a first step ...

Animal rights group says they are concerned a proposed game fowl farm bill is intentionally deceptive and vague. Credit: Clément Bardot The state Legislature is set to consider a bill that a major ...

The ex-president of the New York chapter of the United Gamefowl Breeders Association, which claims to raise the farm birds to compete as show birds, surrendered himself to the federal authorities ...