Cockfighting is illegal in Florida but it is rapidly becoming a popular underground gambling sport among its vast and growing Hispanic population, is also a lucrative business. The winning purse can run as high as $60,000, and the gamecocks themselves can fetch as much as $2,000 apiece. With it, cockfighting brings drugs and other illegal activity and this is a serious concern.
For those of you that don't know, a cockfight is a combat sport between two specially trained roosters held in a ring called a cockpit.
The combatants, known as gamecocks are not typical farm chickens. The roosters are specially bred and trained for increased stamina and strength. The comb and wattle is cut off of a young gamecock because if left intact, it would be a disadvantage during a match. Sometimes they are given drugs to increase their stamina or thicken their blood, which increases their chances of winning. They possess an inherent aggression toward all males of the same species, but do not have to be trained to fight as they do. Cockfighting is considered a traditional sporting event by some, and an example of animal cruelty by others. Usually wagers are made on the outcome of the match, with the surviving or last-bird-standing being declared the winner.
In some regional variations, the birds are equipped with either gaffs or knives tied to the leg in the area where the bird's natural spur has been partially removed. A cockspur is a bracelet (often made of leather) with a curved, sharp spike which is attached to the leg of the bird. The spikes typically range in length from "short spurs" of just over an inch to "long spurs" almost two and one half inches long. In the highest levels of seventeenth century English cockfighting, the spikes could be made of silver. In other variations, the bird's natural spurs are left intact. Fighting done without gaffs or taping is called "naked heel" and can continue for many hours.
Please help stop the carnage that is cockfighting.
Originally posted by Hand of Hecatethanks for the tip, i need some extra cash............. know where a pit is?*
Cockfighting is illegal in Florida but it is rapidly becoming a popular underground gambling sport among its vast and growing Hispanic population, is also a lucrative business. The winning purse can run as high as $60,000, and the gamecocks themselves can fetch as much as $2,000 apiece. With it, cockfighting brings drugs and other illegal activity an and can continue for many hours.
Please help stop the carnage that is cockfighting.
*im being sarcastic, im not serious
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