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<\/a><\/p>\n(Beth Clifton collage)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SHADY GROVE,\u00a0 Oklahoma\u2013\u2013<\/strong>The only evident resemblance between Oklahoma Gamefowl Commission founder and president Anthony DeVore and Jesus,\u00a0 much as DeVore likes to claim unjust persecution,\u00a0 is that DeVore was apparently betrayed by one of his own associates three times before the first cock crowed on June 7,\u00a0 2025 at a cockfighting derby hosted by one Jeff Coleman in Shady Grove,\u00a0 Oklahoma.<\/p>\n That gave Showing Animals Respect & Kindness time to send out a morning alert to membership appealing for urgent calls to the McIntosh County Sheriff and the Cherokee Nation Marshal Service,\u00a0 asking them to interdict \u201ca large cockfighting operation in progress at\u00a0426742 East 1100 Road near Shady Grove,\u201d\u00a0 with a property entrance \u201c1.7 miles east of the intersection of South 4250 Road and East 1100 Road in McIntosh County,\u201d\u00a0 geo coordinates 35\u00b025\u201919.2\u2033N 95\u00b025\u201905.6\u2033W.<\/p>\n (Beth Clifton collage)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cThe location was cleared out quickly,\u201d \u00a0Showing Animals Respect & Kindness said in a follow-up email seven hours later.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are unsure if the cockfighters were tipped off, \u00a0or if law\u00a0enforcement\u00a0showed up. \u00a0In any case the cockfight is over,\u201d\u00a0 Showing Animals Respect & Kindness announced.<\/p>\n \u201cThere was one interesting attendee at this cockfight,\u201d\u00a0 the Showing Animals Respect & Kindness follow-up continued:\u00a0 Anthony DeVore, \u00a0president of the Oklahoma Gamefowl Commission.<\/p>\n \u201cWe always knew they were a front group for cockfighters, \u00a0but they like to pretend otherwise. Now Anthony DeVore, \u00a0himself, \u00a0was just caught at an illegal cockfight.\u201d<\/p>\n Anthony DeVore is on the right.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em>(SHARK photo)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Like Captain Renault in the 1942 film Casablanca<\/em>,\u00a0 who pronounced himself \u201cShocked! Shocked to find that gambling is going on\u201d in Humphrey Bogart\u2019s casino,\u00a0 DeVore may declare he was \u201cShocked,\u00a0 shocked!\u201d to discover cockfighting going on at a cockfight.<\/p>\n But DeVore may be more shocked to discover he was on Candid Camera<\/em>,\u00a0 metaphorically speaking,\u00a0 and that the picture is worth much more than any thousand of his words in defining who he really is and what he represents.<\/p>\n Anthony Devore.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em>(Beth Clifton collage)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Devore,\u00a0 as Oklahoma Gamefowl Commission president, \u00a0has denied involvement in cockfighting much more often,\u00a0 and for far longer,\u00a0 than the Apostle Peter denied knowing Jesus on the night Jesus was arrested.<\/p>\n On July 2, 2022,\u00a0 for example,\u00a0 the Tulsa,\u00a0 Oklahoma investigative news website The Frontier <\/em>quoted DeVore alleging as a \u201cthird generation gamefowl breeder,\u201d\u00a0 that \u201cthere are more reasons than money that people raise gamefowl.<\/p>\n \u201cMany people who raise horses and cattle and dogs have bloodlines that they maintain,\u201d\u00a0 DeVore told The Frontier<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cI have bloodlines that I have and have kept since I was 10 years old,\u201d\u00a0 DeVore claimed. \u00a0\u201cWe take great pride in our birds. \u00a0It\u2019s a multi-generational hobby.\u201d<\/p>\n Left:\u00a0 Anthony DeVore.\u00a0 Center:\u00a0 Troy Thompson.\u00a0 Right:\u00a0 Joshua Headrick.\u00a0 (Facebook photo)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n On February 20,\u00a0 2023,\u00a0 DeVore asserted to Ben Felder of The Oklahoman<\/em>,\u00a0 in Oklahoma City,\u00a0 that \u201cThe Oklahoma Gamefowl Commission is in no way connected to any type of illegal activity. No funds were raised from cockfighting or cockfighting venues.\u201d<\/p>\n On March 14,\u00a0 2024,\u00a0 Sean Murphy of Associated Press reported,\u00a0 \u201cAnthony DeVore, \u00a0head of the Gamefowl Commission, \u00a0says his organization has 15,000 members and described them as mostly hard-working rural Oklahomans. \u00a0His group has raised more than $70,000 to lobby lawmakers and is seeking to replicate the same model in several other conservative Southern states, including in Alabama, \u00a0Arkansas, \u00a0Kentucky and Mississippi.<\/p>\n \u201cDevore said he and others raise the birds to participate in poultry shows and sell them as breeding stock overseas. \u00a0While cockfighting is illegal in many countries, \u00a0it remains legal and popular in some Mexican states, \u00a0the Philippines, \u00a0and some countries in southeast Asia.\u201d<\/p>\n Oklahoma governor Kevin Stitt consorts with the Oklahoma Gamefowl Commission.<\/strong><\/em> Said DeVore,\u00a0 \u201cWe represent game fowl farmers who breed and raise game fowl, \u00a0but not for fighting purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n Reported Nondoc.com founder Michael McNutt on September 11, 2024,\u00a0 \u201cAs cockfighting-related arrests have increased over the past 18 months, the Oklahoma Gamefowl Commission has stepped up its efforts to get involved in various political races.<\/p>\n \u201cThe organization\u2019s president, Anthony DeVore, went on TikTok to denounce Carter County Sheriff Chris Bryant for making cockfighting-related arrests, \u00a0enforcing laws against animal cruelty, illegal immigration and drug trafficking.\u201d<\/p>\n (Beth Clifton collage)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Updated McNutt on November 18,\u00a0 2024,\u00a0 reporting on the Oklahoma Game Fowl Commission convention,\u00a0 \u201cAnthony DeVore, \u00a0president of the Oklahoma Game Fowl Commission, \u00a0said [gamefowl] breeders have a $400 million economic impact in Oklahoma by buying feed and supplies and employing workers.<\/p>\n \u201cIn an April 2023 press release,\u201d\u00a0 McNutt noted, \u00a0\u201cthe organization claimed its impact was $60 million.\u201d<\/p>\n Argued DeVore to McNutt,\u00a0 \u201cThe main thing is we ought to be able to raise gamefowl without somebody\u2019s interpretation of,\u00a0 you know,\u00a0 \u00a0\u2018Hey, we think you\u2019re going to fight them.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n (Beth Clifton collage)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Laughed Animal Wellness Action and Center for a Humane Economy president Wayne Pacelle,\u00a0 \u201cDeVore has no limits.\u00a0 Most cockfighters want to keep a low profile because they know they are criminals and don\u2019t want to attract more attention from law enforcement.<\/p>\n \u201cBut this guy goes in front of the buildings in the town center and says that the cops are crooks for busting cockfighters.<\/p>\n \u201cHe also had the temerity to register as a lobbyist and hang out at the state capitol to try to decriminalize cockfighting.<\/p>\n \u201cShameless doesn\u2019t begin to describe this guy.\u201d<\/p>\n (Beth Clifton collage)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n DeVore in early April 2025 nearly sneaked a bill through the Arkansas legislature that would have disabled the state law against cockfighting.<\/p>\n The bill,\u00a0 HB 1611, \u00a0had already cleared the Arkansas House of Representatives and was before an Arkansas state Senate Judiciary Committee hearing when \u201cKevin Chambers, \u00a0who has worked with Steve Hindi of Animal Wellness Action on so many cockfighting raids, \u00a0appeared and unmasked U.S. Gamefowl Commission spokesperson Blake Pearce as an active member of a multi-generational cockfighting family,\u201d\u00a0 Pacelle emailed to ANIMALS 24-7.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cPearce and U.S. Gamefowl Commission president Anthony DeVore cooked up this whole scheme to pull a fast one on lawmakers.\u00a0 We got it just in time,\u201d\u00a0 Pacelle said.<\/p>\n Added Pacelle,\u00a0 \u201cPearce and DeVore have repeatedly failed to gain any traction with similar efforts in the Oklahoma capitol to weaken that state\u2019s anti-cockfighting law. Despite forming a PAC and distributing tens of thousands of dollars to state lawmakers, \u00a0not one of their three bills even made it out of its first committee this year.\u201d<\/p>\n The photo above links to an expos\u00e9 by Kaitlin Deggs of KOTV in Tulsa, Oklahoma of Anthony Devore\u2019s solar business.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n DeVore,\u00a0 while claiming a master\u2019s degree in criminal justice and a doctorate in education,\u00a0 has according to his LinkedIn page operated an Ardmore solar energy contracting business called Texoma Solar Solutions since 2015.<\/p>\n The Better Business Bureau has a perspective on that.<\/p>\n \u201cAccording to information in BBB files, \u00a0this business is no longer in business,\u201d\u00a0 begins the Better Business Bureau report on Texoma Solar Solutions.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cBBB files indicate that this business has a pattern of complaints concerning customer service and repair issues,\u201d\u00a0 the report continues,\u00a0 \u201csuch as consumers having a difficult time getting hold of the business or having a bad experience with the business\u2019s customer service.<\/p>\n \u201cConsumers report a wide range of repair issues.<\/p>\n \u201cOn April 3, \u00a02023,\u201d\u00a0 the report says, \u00a0\u201cthe Better Business Bureau submitted a written request to the business encouraging them to address the pattern of complaints. \u00a0The BBB is awaiting a response from the business.\u201d<\/p>\nOklahoma Gamefowl Commission founder & president caught at a cockfight after repeatedly denying involvement<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cLocation was cleared out quickly\u201d<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nPicture is worth many thousand of Devore\u2019s words<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cThird generation gamefowl breeder\u201d<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cThe Oklahoma Gamefowl Commission is in no way connected to any type of illegal activity\u201d<\/h2>\n
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(Beth Clifton collage)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\u201cNot for fighting purposes\u201d<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nFrom $60 million to $400 million in 18 months<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cDeVore has no limits\u201d<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cCooked up scheme to pull a fast one\u201d<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nSolar energy business<\/h2>\n