Posted on 02/15/2010 8:02:30 AM PST by ConservativeStatement
More than two dozen finches were rescued late Saturday night from an Ashland house of horrors, where authorities said the male birds were henpecked into fighting to the death for mates in close quarters, purely for the merriment of warped gamblers.
“There were feathers all around and there was no food or water for the birds. It’s also possible they were breeding them. It’s unbelievable,” Ashland police Chief Scott C. Rohmer said.
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Says a lot about natures position on natural dont ask dont tell....but humans “think” they are smarter.
Fighting finches? I know that hummingbirds are very aggressive with each other, but it never occurred to me to bet on the outcome of their fights.
So it seems male finches will fight at the drop of a hat. This was run by the Brazilian illegal community and is apparently big over there.
I also hear that Ants can’t be very aggressive to one another, even forcing each other into slavery. ... Bring on the ANT fights!
Finch fights - for folks too poor to afford roosters?
All I know is you can tell a lot about a person in the way they treat their animals.
Anyone who actually enjoys this deliberate staging, and gets off on seeing one animal kill another and making money on it to boot, is seriously warped.
“Just last July, 19 Brazilian men, including several from Holbrook, Marlboro and Framingham, were busted for running a finch-fighting ring in Shelton, Conn.”
KENO after hours. ROFL.
I’ve often thought that the puinishment for those who are cruel to animals should be ‘treatment’ in kind.
Once there was bear baiting. Then they went down to dog fights. From dog fights, they went to betting on a rooster fight.
Now they have devolved all the way to finch fights.
Leave ‘em alone - given a bit of time, they will be betting on roach fights.
Only problem will be how to differentiate fighters from bettors. Problems, problems.
Great name for a military unit flying small aircraft — “The Fightin’ Finches”.
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