Cockfights are cruel and inhumane.
Roosters are drugged with stimulants to increase their aggressiveness, fitted with razor-sharp implements on their legs, and placed in a pit, where they are forced to fight to the death. Spectators wager on which birds will survive these bloody matches. Worse, children are allowed to attend cockfights, where they learn that cruelty to animals for the sake of entertainment is acceptable. This unnecessary and inhumane treatment of animals must be eliminated. Only three states still allow cockfighting, but the Animal Welfare Act has a loophole that encourages the continued breeding of birds across the country to be used in cockfights.