State Senate approves vote on reducing cockfighting penalty

(Oklahoma City-AP) -- Voters will be asked to reduce the penalty for cockfighting from a felony to a misdemeanor under a bill passed by the state Senate today. <br/><br/>Cockfighting was outlawed in Oklahoma

Thursday, May 20th 2004, 12:48 pm

By: News On 6

(Oklahoma City-AP) -- Voters will be asked to reduce the penalty for cockfighting from a felony to a misdemeanor under a bill passed by the state Senate today.

Cockfighting was outlawed in Oklahoma in a statewide vote in 2002. The ban makes it a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $25,000 fine.

The bill by Senator Frank Shurden to reduce the penalty now goes to the state House where a vote could be as early as Friday.