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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Katie Hawkinson

Official wants Louisiana parish to get permission to host cockfighting again - despite it being a felony

A Louisiana parish should try to secure an exemption to the state’s ban on cockfighting and bring back the brutal blood sport, according to a councilman.

Cockfighting is a sport in which selectively bred and trained roosters fight each other and it is illegal nationwide. Louisiana was the last state to ban it in 2008.

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