The Oklahoma Legislature is seeing renewed efforts to reduce the penalties for cockfighting, a practice that is currently a felony in the state. A rooster is pictured in a pen in Arcadia on Oct. 13.

Before Oklahoma became one of the last places in the U.S. to outlaw cockfighting in 2002, it wasn't uncommon to see hundreds of spectators packed into small arenas in rural parts of the state to watch ...

It was late November, one week before the start of the illicit cockfighting season, when thousands gathered inside the city of Cleveland’s expo arena for a game fowl festival. While cockfighting is ...