Cockfighting continues to be a booming business in South Carolina, and the Legislature needs to do something about this illegal blood sport. This should be the year our state lawmakers prove they take cockfighting seriously by making it a felony. It already is in all but about a dozen states, and South Carolina is the only one of those states on the East Coast. ...
Cockfighting has powerful protectors in South Carolina. A bill to make it a felony has struggled in the Senate, where one or two senators can block potential legislation. ...
Even with slightly tougher laws in South Carolina, most offenders get off with a slap on the wrist. South Carolina needs to make cockfighting a felony, and our state needs to make it a felony to observe a cockfight, too. Otherwise, the small fine of up to $1,000 is considered just a rare fee for the cockfighting participants who occasionally are caught by law enforcement.
Cockfighting is a barbaric practice that has been allowed to masquerade as a quaint blood sport for too long in South Carolina. It needs to be made a felony in 2009 in our state.
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