Fighters of the Cocks

 The thought of cockfighting literally makes me sick.. who could participate in the cruel act is beyond me.. what kind of monster does this kind of atrocity?! What is cockfighting - it is a blood sport in which roosters are placed in a ring and forced to fight to the death for the "amusement" of onlookers. The real trip of it is that it is illegal in the United States, yet it is done all over.
 Game farms are where roosters are raised and trained to fight. The breeders, or should we cay cockers kill the birds they consider inferior to the other, only keeping alive the strong and powerful ones that are willing to fight.  Tethered by one leg in shelter that does not meet up the necessities of the birds, they live their lives in small wire cages, sometimes in a plastic barrel! LOVELY! Cockers force the birds to fight through physical work, including practice fight with other innocent roosters, and attaching weights to the roosters' legs.
 God bless the roosters.. their waddles and or/combs are hacked off with shears so in the ring other roosters don't tear them off. This makes me so sad.. because I think about my beautiful Joonie Bird and Ms. Pam and how gorgeous they are with their combs and wattles.. and how I would wash them and keep them conditioned with salves.. I was so proud of their beautiful skin.. and these monsters HACK off their body parts, as well as pluck off their feathers. Since chickens lack sweat glands, losing these body parts deprives them to cool themselves off. Can you imagine? Having you ears cut off and then you have no ability to cool yourself off?! Sometimes these monsters even cut off their spurs, which are the natural protrusions on the legs, so that more fatal, fake weapons can be attached to their little legs.
 At the actual events, they are held in cockpits which are round or square enclosures, or simply put - pits. When you look in, you will see roosters' feathers of the neck fanned and wings whirring.. the birds jump and parry at each others. They duel and kick each other in mid-air, striking at each other with feet and beaks. In the fighting wanes, handlers blow on the roosters' necks which holding them, yank their beaks, or hold them beak-to-beak in an attempt to get them riled up again. They are then put back into the pits and the fight doesn't end to DEATH or NEAR DEATH. Even if the rooster is still alive, but considered the loser, they are discarded in a carrel or the trash as though they are in fact trash.
 It is no surprise that the monsters who do this often are linked to other crimes including, drugs, illegal gambling, and even murder. There was a triple homicide at a Northern California cockfight. Sometimes children are even at these events, and as you can imagine a young child can either be traumatized or it promotes insensitivity to suffering and bloodshed.
 There's been eight recorded cases of bird flu that have been tied to cockfighting, as well as a 2002 Newcastle disease epidemic in California. Bird owners regularly come into contact with the bird's blood, allowing diseases to spread. One cockfight, the owners of the birds scrubbed the blood of their birds with their bare hands then switched the wounds around around their eyes! Sometimes the injuries are so severe that owners relieve swelling by sucking out the blood by mouth, yes you read that right.. they SUCK THE BLOOD OUT OF THE ROOSTERS BY MOUTH!
 Please if you know of any of these fights going on, CALL YOUR LOCAL AUTHORITY! You cannot let this go on without saying anything.