| Senator supports sport fencing for roosters...no, seriously!
....this is publicity we don't need...the fact that a large group of
people got together and elected this guy to public office is just
staggering. And he wants to give them lames to boot!!! I wonder which
fencing equipment manufacturer will be the first to make poultry-sized
uniforms...
State Senator Wants Cockfights, with Gloves
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - An Oklahoma senator hopes to revive
cockfighting in the state 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 Sen. Frank Shurden, a Democrat from Henryetta and a long-time
defender of cockfighting, said the ban had wiped out a $100-million
business.
To try to revive it, he has proposed that roosters wear little boxing
gloves attached to their spurs, as well as lightweight, chicken-sized
vests configured with electronic sensors to record hits and help keep
score.
"It's like the fencing that you see on the Olympics, you know, where
they have little balls on the ends of the swords and the fencers wear
vests," said Shurden. "That's the same application that would be
applied to the roosters."
Janet Halliburton, president of the Oklahoma Coalition Against
Cockfighting, which led the drive for the 2002 law, said Shurden is
really seeking to loosen the ban.
"What this is going to do is make a platform for him to continually try
to amend the existing ban," Halliburton told The Oklahoman newspaper.
The State Senate will consider Shurden's proposal next month.
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