The recent cockfighting bust in Santa Barbara County should remind us that cockfighting is widespread, even though it is barbaric and a state and federal crime.

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When a ranger on patrol in South Africa saw something splashing around in a small dam, he didn’t think twice before stepping in to help. Moving closer, he realized a young zebra lay in the water.

A new study tracked nine rescued slow lorises in Bangladesh and found that seven of them died within months of release.

A Clarke County man was sentenced Monday to 48 hours in jail for mistreating more than 100 chickens on his property and using them in cockfighting operations.

The Humane Society of the United States applauded the U.S. Senate for approving S. 1947, the Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act, by a voice vote. The bipartisan legislation, introduced by Sens.