They allege that Adkins and Flores breed and train birds and then ship them around the world for the purpose of cockfighting.īy clicking subscribe, you agree to our privacy policy. The AWA and AWF named: Jerry Adkins of Slick Lizard Farms Royce Flores, and the late Jason Campbell, all of Nauvoo as being top breeders of gamebirds and of shipping gamecocks to Guam.
The investigation by AWA and AWF that revealed that several Alabamians are among the top shippers of fighting birds to Guam. Town to investigate possible illegal cockfighting after their recent investigation produced evidence that the illegal activity is not only still practiced in Alabama, but that Alabama gamebird breeds are trafficking game birds to Guam, a U.S. On Thursday, Animal Wellness Action and the Animal Wellness Foundation held a press conference to announce that they have asked U.S. In Alabama, cockfighting remains a major sport even though it was outlawed here as early as 1896. cockfighting was a major sport in ancient Rome. Our ancestors domesticated the wild jungle fowl, the ancestor of the modern chicken, sometime before 2,000 B.C.