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While some chicken farmers are battling the heat, others are aiming for more flexible laws that will allow them to raise roosters some competitors might use for fighting or breeding.

While some chicken farmers are battling the heat, others are aiming for more flexible laws that will allow them to raise roosters some competitors might use for fighting or breeding.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Anthony DeVore often feels like something of a villain as he walks the state Capitol hallways, waging war against long-held stereotypes about who raises roosters and the

Maressa Treats campaign for Oklahoma County clerk has drawn thousands in donations from groups and individuals who typically focus on state issues.

Oklahomans who raise chickens as breeding stock for the cockfighting industry say the criminal laws against cockfighting are too harsh.

Nearly 20 years after Oklahoma voters outlawed cockfighting, gamefowl breeders and other advocates believe they have the political momentum to push for decriminalizing it next year — a first step

Humphrey’s measure would redefine the definition of cockfighting to mean only when the birds are fitted with artificial spurs, knives or gaffs.