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… to lobby for cockfighting ban in Puerto Rico where blood…
International Herald Tribune – Jul 14, 2007
New Mexico banned the sport on June 15. But Puerto Rico shows no signs of following suit any time soon: Cockfighting is so entrenched that the territory's legislature recently approved a bill establishing it as a “cultural right” of islanders. “There are many people who enjoy this sport and we are not going to allow any group of people to come here and prevent that right” said Carlos Molina a pro-statehood lawmaker who introduced the bill. “The sport does no damage to anyone. ” On Saturday at Club Gallistico a cockfighting arena outside San Juan the shouts of bettors rose with each frenzied lunge of two sinewy roosters pecking and kicking at each other with curved plastic spurs until one was bloodied and near death… Caribbean territory where the pastime is so widespread that devotees say they feel no threat from animal rights activists. But they could soon feel pressure from organizations such as the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals which considers cockfighting barbaric. “The cruel blood sport (is) illegal in every U. state and now it is time for Puerto Rico to follow suit” PETA spokeswoman Heather Carlson said in an e-mail. Wayne Pacelle chief of the Humane Society of the United States said the group plans to closely monitor the island's industry to ensure cockfighters are not violating a new federal law that makes the transport of fighting birds or cockfighting implements abroad or across state lines a felony.
Save Our Sports say major codes’ leaders
The Age – Jul 14, 2007
Photo: Pat Scala Dan SilkstoneJuly 14 2007 AUSTRALIA’S biggest sporting codes including cricket footballand soccer will press the Federal Government for a massive fundinginjection to regenerate drought-stricken sporting fields andrun-down facilities. Eleven major sports have joined forces to make the dilapidatedcondition of community sporting facilities a major election issueand to lobby for an unprecedented intervention from the FederalGovernment. While a price tag has not been arrived at TheAge believes a figure of $1 billion has been discussed. Other sports involved include netball rugby league rugbyunion hockey and athletics. All share a concern that drought has severely damaged playingfields across Australia hampering the social and community workperformed by sport and that the present conditions will get worsedue to global climate change.
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