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"The federal law, as it stands now, bans fights of animals and possessing animals for fighting, but it does not ban being a spectator or bringing a child to a dogfight or a cockfight," Pacelle said.
Owners of fighting animals will typically abandon their dogs or roosters at the first sign of a raid, and claim they're only spectators, to avoid federal prosecution. Another amendment to the bill, which is strongly opposed by animal rights groups would, in effect, nullify