Itoman city council requests Okinawa ban cockfighting prefecture-wide in written statement

Itoman city council requests Okinawa ban cockfighting prefecture-wide in written statement

a rescued rooster used for cockfighting


October 16, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo

Itoman – Itoman city council unanimously passed an official written opinion requesting that the Okinawan government and Okinawa prefectural assembly enact regulations banning cockfighting. City councilor Satoru Kinjo submitted the statement. The same city council rejected a similar petition requesting the city ban cockfighting at their regular session in September, for reasons such as, “It doesn’t seem like the fights are being hosted in the city,” and “The true goal of the petition is for the prefectural assembly to enact restrictions.”

The official opinion that was passed this time around stated, “In order to ban cockfighting, the restriction must not be for a single municipality, but a law that covers the entire prefecture. We request that Okinawa conduct a survey to determine the circumstances around cockfighting in the prefecture, as well as PR to stop the abandonment and abuse of the animals, and to enact a ban on all cockfighting.”
(English translation by T&CT and Sam Grieb)

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