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Increased Penalties for Animal Fighting

Bill Number: OR S.B. 280
Bill Status: Signed into Law
HSUS Position: Support
Bill Sponsor(s): Sen. Peter Courtney (D, 11)
Legislature Status: Adjourned

Makes it a felony to be a spectator at a cockfight; makes it a felony to fight any animal, to possess any animal for fighting, and to watch any animal fight.

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	Animal Cruelty and Fighting Campaign
	Cockfighting Fact Sheet
	Cockfighting and the Spread of Bird Flu
	Ranking of State Cockfighting Laws
	State Cockfighting Laws

Text of S.B. 280



	Fighting Issues, not Animals

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