Oklahoma to vote on cockfighting ban

Animal-rights activism is colliding head-on with rural tradition in Oklahoma, where voters will decide on November 5 whether to ban cockfighting in one of the last three US states to allow it.

Animal-rights activism is colliding head-on with rural tradition in Oklahoma, where voters will decide on November 5 whether to ban cockfighting in one of the last three US states to allow it.

Supporters of the proposed ban say cockfighting is inhumane and gives the state a bad name.

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