A new investigation by Animal Wellness Action reveals alleged cockfighting breeding operations in the Tulsa metro.

Tulsa is surrounded by large gamefowl farms in Collinsville in Osage County and in Haskell and in Bixby, said Kevin Chambers, an investigator for Animal Wellness Action.

The owners of these types of farms often say the birds are for breeding purposes only. However, animal groups will say there is no other reason to have large farms of gamefowl tethered to the ground for any other reason than to breed them for fighting.

In a new, year-long investigation, AWA says it has tracking evidence that a large farm in Haskell supplies birds to be sent to the Philippines for cockfighting.

It is legal in the Philippines to host cockfighting events. It is illegal in the United States to

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