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https://www.npr.org/2018/12/14/676652923/congress-moves-to-ban-cockfighting-in-puerto-rico
I know probably not a lot of support for **** fighting, but still this kind of government overreach bothers me. It also bothers me that a special interest groups (the humane society in this case) can lobby and get a provision like this in a farm bill.
If signed by President Trump, the U.S. Farm Bill will make cockfighting illegal in all U.S. territories, including Puerto Rico. The ban's inclusion in the bill, which passed in Congress Wednesday, had been long-sought by animal rights activists in the mainland U.S.. But in Puerto Rico, news of its passage dropped like a bombshell.
I know probably not a lot of support for **** fighting, but still this kind of government overreach bothers me. It also bothers me that a special interest groups (the humane society in this case) can lobby and get a provision like this in a farm bill.