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73 Arrested for Cockfighting in North Carolina

Critter News

More than 70 people have been arrested in a cockfighting ring that secretly gathered in central North Carolina to watch a $40,000 tournament so gruesome that one of the roosters splattered blood on the investigators' search warrant, authorities said. said in an interview Monday. said in an interview Monday.

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Hal Herzog's "Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat"

Animal Person

In a manner that’s Malcolm Gladwell meets Freakonomics, which is the fascinating part, Herzog investigates our beliefs and actions regarding nonhuman animals (anthrozoology). So why the hell do you continue to participate in the killing of chickens for food, yet cockfighting is no longer on your list?” You’re right, it is horrible!

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