Senate Majority Whip Mary Jane Garcia is no longer timid to fight for what she believs in.
Ray Vargas of Midland, Texas, tries to revitalize his rooster during a cockfight at Tommy's Club outside Hobbs in March 2005. Efforts to ban cockfighting in New Mexico - a perennial issue in the Legislature - got a significant boost this year when Gov. Bill Richardson got behind a proposed ban.
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A patron counts his winnings from unauthorized side betting during cockfighting at Tommy's Club in Hobbs in March 2005. Cockfighting is legal in New Mexico, although some counties - including Bernalillo County - have banned it.
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Roosters are paired by weight and age during the cockfights at Tommy's Club in Hobbs.
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Two roosters battle it out.
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