Posted on 01/26/2005 10:54:26 AM PST by WestTexasWend
Dueling roosters donning gloves and electronic sensors would box without bloodshed under a Henryetta senator's plan to save Oklahoma's gamefowl industry and bring more dollars to the state.
"Who's going to object to chickens fighting like humans do? Everybody wins," said Sen. Frank Shurden, a longtime defender of gamefowl breeders' right to have cockfighting.
The Henryetta Democrat introduced Senate Bill 776 for consideration this session.
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Removing the blood from the sport takes away the main argument animal rights groups have against cockfighting, Shurden said.
"Let the roosters do what they love to do without getting injured," Shurden said.
In his search for a new way to let gamecocks fight, Shurden learned about a California man who is an attorney for Gamecock Boxing Inc., which was formed to promote a nonlethal form of cockfighting.
"The company has a patent now pending on this game and the equipment designed to score the 'hits' of these sparring live gamefowl," Californian John R. Cogorno wrote in a letter to Shurden.
Shurden said electronic sensors can record the number of hits by each gamefowl to determine which rooster won the boxing match.
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Even some funny ones.
I swear I had to make sure this wasn't The Onion, Scappleface, or Broken Newz...
I'm picturing a left wing hook and a sneaky liberal peck on the ear. Does the ref call fowl?
This would kill cockfighting as dead as an outright ban. The appeal of cockfighting is the declaring a true winner. Win or die. Brutal, I know. But to see chickens flailing at each other when nothing is at stake for either one, is just silly. You do not see game cocks with a losing record, and you will if this come into being.
Gamecock Boxing, Inc. I can't wait for the pay-per-view specials to start. Maybe Kramer can enter "Little Jerry."
I'm waiting for professional cat boxing!
This would kill cockfighting as dead as an outright ban.
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and the downside of that is...?
I'm no PETA follower, as in, if there's no meat, it's not a real meal, but what exactly is the attraction to 2 flightless birds fighting to the death?
I don't much care for the sport of boxing, period, if the truth be told.
"Maybe Kramer can enter "Little Jerry."
Ahh, finally a real bantam weight division...
I dunno.. I suppose this whole proposal will just lay an egg, no matter who much it is crowed about.
Owl_Eagle
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I hear the chicken soup was out of this world.
ping for later. Any more info on this would be appreciated. I live in Miami and this would be VERY popular.
LOL.
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