1. Among other things, it outlaws inhumane practices toward show animals, such as beating a lamb to make it swell up and appear more muscular. 2. Animal-rights activists from across Arizona and the nation pushed for this initiative, which would outlaw the practice of cockfighting. 3. Arizona, he said, is one of six states that do not outlaw the practice. 4. After a High Court ruling outlawed the practice the government sought to create a legal justification for their detention. 5. But last fall, Patricia Schroeder, a Colorado Democrat who was leaving Congress, pushed through a bill outlawing the practice. 6. But those who back the ban vowed to keep up their campaign to outlaw the practice and bring the issue up again next year. 7. California, Minnesota, Tennessee, Rhode Island and North Dakota are among the states that have outlawed the practice in the past two years, congressional researchers say. 8. Civil rights leaders say the dwindling number of consent searches is an indication that the practice should be outlawed completely. 9. Elsewhere, lawmakers in Georgia, Pennsylvania and Connecticut are pushing bills to outlaw the practice. 10. Four of the five said the practice should be outlawed. |