Free Republic

AN American senator hopes to revive cockfighting in the state of Oklahoma by putting tiny boxing gloves on the roosters instead of razors. The Oklahoma legislature outlawed the blood sport in 2002 because of its cruelty to the roosters, which are slashed and pecked to death while human spectators bet on the outcome. But State Senator Frank Shurden, a Democrat from Henryetta and a long-time defender of cockfighting, said the ban had wiped out a $US100 million ($129 million) business. To try to revive it, he has proposed that roosters wear little boxing gloves attached to their spurs, as well...