I have just moved to southeast New Mexico and was horrified to see ads on the newspaper selling fighting roosters! After contacting the local police, I found out that rooster fights are NOT illegal in New Mexico.
Shame on you, "Land of Enchantment"...

I would contact the local SPCA and see if they can be of assistance in changing the laws. Also animal rights groups in the area might be of help. Laws can change with enough people going to bat for the animals. A petition signed by enough people might be another way to make an impact. It would let the state government know that it's citizens are opposed to this and at the same time, make more people aware of the situation.

Dear sabsagter,

Try to find a way to help these poor creatures, also remember that they were breed to fight. to help you can get information about fighting roosters. Also talk to close by vet and or SPCA, and please hurry, the longer you take hte more die.

Care in Colorado,
JulFire (Or DayFire)

Cockfighting Victory: Forty-Nine Down, One to Go
Yesterday, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson signed a measure that outlaws cockfighting in that state, a major victory in our campaign to rid the nation of this barbaric and cruel practice. The HSUS worked closely with Animal Protection of New Mexico to achieve this historic outcome. The ban leaves Louisiana as the only state where the centuries-old bloodsport remains legal, and The HSUS will mount a major effort to outlaw the practice there when the state’s legislative session begins on April 30.

ok well im not trying to be mean or anything but PETA and all the animal activist in the world wont ever stop. Fighting roosters is our choice of game. Just as you might like watching boxing,horse races,UFC,Football,ETc. All these sports contain athletes who are being pushed beyond the limit. Not once have i ever seen a pitter make a rooster fight. Just like i dont like going to a strip club, well u dont see me in there, you dont see me trying to get them closed. Fighting roosters is and always be a Louisiana tradition and i think New Mexico should allow this also. Now if one of yall animal activist have the testosterone to come and speak to me in person about this matter and see how long you last telling me things about a sport i have been in for 30+ years then please come your oo so welcome. I stay in St.martinville, LA. You can message me on Jiggalator010@aol.com , i also have aim

Hello,

If you have dog how would you feel about your dog in a dog fight?!?! You know there is such thing!?! Or better how would you be forced to fight even to your death, just so a (mostly likely) DRUNK HUMAN could "earn" a little extra cash?!?! If you are a Christan you would know better!! And if you even barly LIKED animals you would know this would be wrong!!!!

A human that animals can trust!!
(Care in Colorado),
JulFire
(or DayFire)

I cannot believe that people can be so barbaric! Rooster fighting is nothing like other sports because the point of other sports is NOT FOR ONE OF THE COMPETETORS TO DIE! If You are so interested in making something suffer for your amusement than why not ask two grown men to fight to the death so that atleast the competetors have a choice! Oh, but that would probably be immoral in your book, wouldn't it? Well, we are all god's creatures and killing for sport is wrong! May God have mercy on you and your murderous heart!

Bev

Bush signs animal fighting bill
5/3/2007, 4:06 p.m. PDT
By MATTHEW DALY
The Associated Press

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush Thursday signed a bill adding
felony-level penalties for activities that promote or encourage
animal fighting.

The Senate adopted the bill last month, after it was approved by the
House.

"With this law, we can clamp down on these cruel, inhumane
practices," said Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., the bills chief
Senate sponsor.

Reps. Elton Gallegly, R- Calif., and Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore.,
introduced the House version.

Dog fighting is banned throughout the United States and is currently
a felony in 48 states. Cockfighting is a felony in 33 states and
legal only in Louisiana. Many anti-animal- fighting laws carry a
punishment of no more than a year in jail.

Violators of the new federal law would face felony-level penalties
and up to three years in prison for knowingly buying, selling, or
transporting animals across state or international borders for the
purpose of fighting. The law also would make it a felony to
knowingly sponsor or exhibit an animal fight, or to buy, sell or
transport knives, gaffs, and other weapons used in cockfighting.

Animal-welfare groups had long urged Congress to adopt stronger
penalties on blood sports such as dog fighting and cockfighting,
centuries-old traditions that most lawmakers and animal rights
advocates now label brutal.

"Animal fighting is a barbaric and inhumane practice, and it is
fitting and appropriate that we now have a national policy
condemning and criminalizing this form of organized animal cruelty,"
said Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of The Humane Society of the
United States, which led the push for stronger penalties against
animal fighting.

The new law should substantially curb the transport of fighting
animals across state and U.S. borders, Pacelle said. The Humane
Society is already seeing some major breeders of fighting roosters
cut back on production, he said.

Blumenauer called Bushs signature of the bill a great victory.

"After being held up for more than five years, today's approval by
the president marks a significant milestone for all of us who worked
so hard to stop this barbaric crime and hold accountable those who
perpetrate it," he said.

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NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Louisiana will become the last state to outlaw cockfighting under a bill approved by the state legislature on Wednesday.

The ban, which will take effect in August 2008, follows a measure in New Mexico that outlawed cockfighting earlier this year.

Animal anti-cruelty groups in Louisiana have long sought a ban on the bloody sport, in which trained roosters battle, often to death.
But proponents of cockfighting managed to forestall a ban for years, defending the practice as an integral part of rural Louisiana culture.

Animal advocates hailed the vote as a triumph for Louisiana, much of which is still reeling from the devastation of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.

"The whole country has been focused on Louisiana due to our massive rebuilding and recovery efforts, and no one wanted to see Louisiana blemished with the stigma of being the only state that still allowed such a brutal and inhumane practice," Laura Maloney, executive director of the Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, said in a written statement.

Much of the debate over the bill in this year's legislative session centered on whether to ban cockfighting immediately, which animal rights groups favored, or to allow a one-year delay to give those in the business time to sell their animals and equipment.

The impasse nearly scuttled the ban, which has widespread public support in Louisiana. Lawmakers agreed to the one-year reprieve by a vote of 97-1 in the state House and unanimously in the Senate.
Legislators also approved a ban on gambling at cockfights that will take effect this summer, a move that could effectively end the sport much sooner than the 2008.

Gov. Kathleen Blanco is expected to sign both bills in coming days.