Six jerks/master baiter charged with cockfighting

[SapperSix]

PLANT CITY, Fla. -- Seven people have been arrested in a cockfighting raid in Hillsborough County.

A sheriff's office report says one person is charged with baiting and fighting animals. The other six are charged with attending an event with fighting animals.

Deputies responded to a Plant City home Sunday morning to discover the cockfighting operation. In the backyard of the home was a fighting pit and pens holding roosters, breeding hens and chickens.

Dozens of dead roosters were found on the property. It is not known how many roosters were killed in the cockfighting. A second pit was freshly covered and is believed to contain more dead birds.

At least 70 roosters will have to be euthanized.

http://www.wftv.com/news/21959953/detail.html

[Old Ape Face]

in before Slang innuendos about cocks fighting.

[Justinian]

Oh noes, chickens... That may be the only animal I have no feelings for. They literally have the brain capacity of a stick...

[Caster13]

PETA is going to have a conniption fit when they find out about this.

[CrossboneGundam]

Get it? Get it?

MASTER-BAITER

[Fobb]

in before Slang innuendos about cocks fighting.

I guess you missed the thread title.

[Old Ape Face]

I guess you missed the thread title.

Oh I got it, I'm just expecting more from the thread...

[Aragami]

It's bad enough the way they treat them on the farms and abattoirs.

[fujyoshi]

/heh one time someone told me about something called a **** mongler or something and I thought they meant something bad o_o

[Carhill22]

Oh noes, chickens... That may be the only animal I have no feelings for. They literally have the brain capacity of a stick...

fact... and they're super tasty!

[Trefellin]

That must be the most embarrassing, totally hick thing you could be arrested for other than unlawful intercourse due to consanguinity.

[RecentMidget]

I bet the champion of the **** fights was huge.

[Vaikyuko]

That must be the most embarrassing, totally hick thing you could be arrested for other than unlawful intercourse due to consanguinity.

Hillsborough is quite normal, so it was surprising hearing this came from there.

That said, cockfighting is pretty popular in quite a few places (esp. the Caribbean and some parts of Europe), so I'm not sure what classifies it as a "hick" thing. Not that I'm defending it, I'm jus' sayin'.

[Old Ape Face]

Hillsborough is quite normal, so it was surprising hearing this came from there.

That said, cockfighting is pretty popular in quite a few places (esp. the Caribbean and some parts of Europe), so I'm not sure what classifies it as a "hick" thing. Not that I'm defending it, I'm jus' sayin'.

Because White Collar Americans consider it uncivilized.... and they are normally the ones responsible for running our country.

While the back country hillbillies don't really care.

[Midoriko87]

That must be the most embarrassing, totally hick thing you could be arrested for other than unlawful intercourse due to consanguinity.

That seems to me like a weird thing to say, like, I dunno...outdated. I believe cockfighting was once very popular amongst many White and possibly Black Americans, but I always associate cockfighting with Latino immigrants, nowadays. More of a cultural thing than a socioeconomic class thing. I guess it could be that I'm just out-of-touch.

Anyhow, I don't get people's deals with chickens. Hmm, not trying to come off as being judgmental, but it's weird. Sure, chickens might not be as smart as crows or ravens (I don't remember which, but one of those two birds is considered to be more intelligent than dogs, I believe), but they still lead chicken lives. Like, they still have their chicken social groups, and they recognize and interact with their fellow chickens. They have a variety of vocalizations to communicate certain information to other chickens. You got the roosters who have their group of females, and they put effort into defending this 'harem,' I suppose. And, there's always talk of how the hens dote on their young. They're very much capable of experiencing physical pain. Always searching for that next meal... I mean, what more is there? I've been watching animal-related programming religiously since I was 4, maybe even before then, that's pretty much the life of most animals living in large social groups. Like, if given the choice, it's not as if they'd choose to spend their days standing in one spot and gazing aimlessly into the Sun.

Again, not being critical, but I really want to know, what is that people want from chickens?

[sailornyanko]

Because White Collar Americans consider it uncivilized.... and they are normally the ones responsible for running our country.

While the back country hillbillies don't really care.

White trash rules.