[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Cockfighting.. (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 8/20/2011 7:54:05 PM EDT
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Local radio news said a ring was broken up yesterday.
Cultural thing? Have you ever been to one ? I understand they are really fierce and brutal......but so was a gladiator fighting a lion..... I could never watch one...we love our chickens. |
| I worked a huge cockfight undercover in '93. Myself and two other deputies went to 3 and planned the raid. This place was in a huge metal building with one large pit in the center and two smaller ones on each side and bleachers on both sides. They even had a concession stand with some truly awesome cheeseburgers and Cokes. It was pretty brutal, but I did admittedly have fun going to them. I had more fun when the raid went down and we were on the inside. The badge on my neck chain and the 1911 in my shoulder rig came out, and it was all pretty cool. Ended up citing over 400 people for spectators and contributing to the delinquency of minors (lots of little kids there) and charging about a dozen with felony cockfighting. It made national news and Paul Harvey! |
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I have been to several cock fights and a few dozen dog fights. It is a fun event to go to. Do so at your own risk. ETA: These were not getto dog fights or cock fights. Lots of money an time is invested into these animals an most fights are not to the death. Noone wants to fight a 50K dog to death. I have seen some 100K dogs. ETA2: I went to one at a ranch in wyoming saw 500K+ fights. |
| Never been to one but my wife was walking to a coffee shop a few years ago when we lived on the bad side of town and found a bunch of flyers blowing in the wind all over the street near it advertising a bar with cockfights and other gambling in bad english and spanish. Some other people at the shop had grabbed some as well,no one could believe they were stupid enough to print up flyers and leave them on a main street. A cop stopped by and took some of them but I never heard anything on the news or anything about it after that but I hope they shut the place down. |
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http://bulang.wordpress.com/tag/filipino-long-knife/ Long Knife FTW. |
| Wasn't that big of a deal when I was young. Knew a lot of people that had a few birds in their yard. Actually had a girl bring in a couple of birds to school (I was in 5th or 6th grade at the time) and show us how they trained them. Would have no issues with going to one now. |
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Nobody is making the chickens fight.
They will do that on their own, and they will fight YOU to get away from you to attack another rooster. That being said, adding weapons into the mix may or may not agree with you. I have raised them, trained them, and cared for injured ones after fights. I've never been to a fight or participated in that end of it. Not on any moral grounds or anything it just never really worked out that way. I worked for a guy that traveled all over fighting them back when it was legal in the US. Was a decent job for a kid in school. It's still legal in the PI, and the last time I was there I didn't get a chance to go, although we had a few roosters that were going after each other in the yard behind the house. 
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Nobody is making the chickens fight. They will do that on their own, and they will fight YOU to get away from you to attack another rooster. That being said, adding weapons into the mix may or may not agree with you. I have raised them, trained them, and cared for injured ones after fights. I've never been to a fight or participated in that end of it. Not on any moral grounds or anything it just never really worked out that way. I worked for a guy that traveled all over fighting them back when it was legal in the US. Was a decent job for a kid in school. It's still legal in the PI, and the last time I was there I didn't get a chance to go, although we had a few roosters that were going after each other in the yard behind the house.
Yeah, same thing can be said about fighting dogs too........ Michael Vick should have tried that logic!! |
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Up until a few years ago it was legal here in Louisiana. I've never been to a cockfight myself, but I do know people that had birds and participated in them.
Not a big deal to me, it's a chicken. And I've known plenty people to take the dead birds and make gumbo out of them. LC ETA: It was (and probably still is) a pretty big sport among Cajuns. |
| The University of South Carolina are called the Gamecocks for a good reason. It was a very popular sport here for many years. The senators used to fight them inside the Statehouse while it was in session. The type of birds used in these fights will go a country mile to kill another one. They are some of the most vicious and aggressive animals you will ever see. People have been attacked and severely injured just walking through their territory. Mean sons a bitches. Lot's of folk's around these parts still fight them. |
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Local radio news said a ring was broken up yesterday. Cultural thing? Have you ever been to one ? I understand they are really fierce and brutal......but so was a gladiator fighting a lion..... I could never watch one...we love our chickens. Used to be popular here a LONG time ago. Haven't heard of any in 25 years or so. Know an old man who still has his little case with spurs in it. If it's still around, I suspect it's with Latinos. I have heard it mentioned. Sort of like all the pitbull rings are mostly frequented by blacks. So, certainly a cultural aspect to it. |
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I see them in SE Asia all the time, they're a hoot! IIRC they have a dedicated cock fighting channel on cable TV in the PI. There's a cock fighting arena in just about every baranguy you pass through. Great fun! They show it on the local cable where I live. SWMBO's brother-in-law raises Texas roosters for this, and makes A METRIC SHITLOAD of money doing it, compared to most Filipinos I know. I've been asked to go to a Sabong (cockfight) a few times, but with our new "obey our laws wherever you are" type of Federal law enforcement these days, I wouldn't admit to going to one. Roosters will naturally try to kill another rooster. That's the way it is, and I don't get too worked up over it. I -DO- like any excuse to have a few beers with my friends, though! 
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I worked a huge cockfight undercover in '93. Myself and two other deputies went to 3 and planned the raid. This place was in a huge metal building with one large pit in the center and two smaller ones on each side and bleachers on both sides. They even had a concession stand with some truly awesome cheeseburgers and Cokes. It was pretty brutal, but I did admittedly have fun going to them. I had more fun when the raid went down and we were on the inside. The badge on my neck chain and the 1911 in my shoulder rig came out, and it was all pretty cool. Ended up citing over 400 people for spectators and contributing to the delinquency of minors (lots of little kids there) and charging about a dozen with felony cockfighting. It made national news and Paul Harvey! I can imagine the thrill of arresting a bunch of old latino or hillbilly guys and families for having fights with chickens! Sir! Please step away from the cock! It's like Crockett and Tubbs all over again! Do you use Sonny Burnett as your UC name? How do you build a cover as a guy who loves cocks? |
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I worked a huge cockfight undercover in '93. Myself and two other deputies went to 3 and planned the raid. This place was in a huge metal building with one large pit in the center and two smaller ones on each side and bleachers on both sides. They even had a concession stand with some truly awesome cheeseburgers and Cokes. It was pretty brutal, but I did admittedly have fun going to them. I had more fun when the raid went down and we were on the inside. The badge on my neck chain and the 1911 in my shoulder rig came out, and it was all pretty cool. Ended up citing over 400 people for spectators and contributing to the delinquency of minors (lots of little kids there) and charging about a dozen with felony cockfighting. It made national news and Paul Harvey! Kentucky? Know of a couple around here... Lots of houses (well, trailers) around here have chicken houses where the chickens are tied up with their own little house––usually plastic barrels. Gee, I wonder what those chickens are for? 
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No need to put those poor dumb fowl through all that.................. |