Missouri Cockfighting Initiative (1998)
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The Missouri Cockfighting Initiative, also known as "Proposition A", was on the 1998 November ballot in Missouri. It passed, with 62.6% in favor.
The text on the ballot said, "If adopted, Proposition A would change Missouri statutes to make cockfighting, bear wresting, and other kinds of animal fighting illegal and punishable under the laws of the State. This proposed statute also makes attending or promoting animal fighting activities and manufacturing or possessing implements used in animal fighting illegal. Certain exceptions for rodeos, hunting, and agriculture are included in the proposition."
In 2000, a trade association of gamefowl breeders unsuccessfully attempted to have the initiative declared invalid, in the case of United Gamefowl Breeders v. Nixon.
