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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Taylor
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
3/09/2007
HM 12
SHORT TITLE Retirement for Fighting Cocks
SB
ANALYST Schuss
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY07
FY08
NFI
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Memorial 12 supports a suitable retirement for fighting cocks
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
House Memorial 12 states that in the heated and emotional debate over whether to prohibit
cockfighting in the state of New Mexico, a question that by all appearances will be settled in a
matter of weeks, few have considered the fate that awaits the proud and mighty fighting cocks in
their imminent retirement. The lonely cluck of the warrior with no battle plucks at our
heartstrings and stirs the very fabric of our compassionate souls and if the fighting cocks are
anything like the rest of us, they have devoted precious little time and energy to planning for
their golden years.
It would be an intolerable and ironic injustice to free the fighting cocks from the arena, where
they at least had half a chance to see the next sunrise, only to have them land, literally, in the
frying pan. It is not in the public’s interest to allow retired fighting cocks to simply roam freely
in New Mexico because they have nasty dispositions and no tolerance for other cocks and would
almost certainly join the ranks of feral cats and stray dogs, all the while spreading their dang
little feathers just about everywhere. Everybody loves a winner and, by definition, each of the
soon-to-be-retired fighting cocks is undefeated.