Gentlemen Grab Your Cocks
Uncle Jerry
stock by the Civilized World(tm)...
[Snipped from the Tulsa World]
Police investigating suspected cockfight in city
By CARY ASPINWALL World Staff Writer
7/2/2002
Although the fights are legal in Oklahoma, a Tulsa ordinance prohibits
them within city limits.
Police are investigating possible animal cruelty in a cockfighting
club after officers discovered a dead rooster early Saturday in an
arena that was set up in a former nightclub.
Officers went inside to investigate about 12:30 a.m. after spotting a
bleeding rooster in the back of a truck in the parking lot of the
former Cabana Club at 3500 E. Admiral Place, Sgt. Wayne Allen said.
A crowd of people appeared to be leaving the club, Allen said.
Witnesses told officers that the man who leased the building had run
away from the scene.
Inside, officers found an arena and a dead rooster in a trash can,
Allen said. Animal Control officers took the winning rooster into
protective custody, he said.
A bartender at the facility was issued several citations, Allen said,
and police plan to file an affidavit for the arrest of the man who
leased the club.
Allen said this was the first case of cockfighting within city limits
that he'd heard of and that police likely will try to file felony
complaints of cruelty to animals against the people involved.
Oklahoma is one of only three states -- including New Mexico and
Louisiana -- where cockfighting is legal. A movement to ban the
activity, which is believed typically to include illegal gambling, has
been under way in Oklahoma for several years, and Congress has before
it legislation that would ban the interstate transportation of birds
for fighting purposes.
Cockfighting typically features specially trained and bred roost ers
that wear sharp blades, called gaffs, in fights to the death. At least
40 cockfighting pits are believed to be located across the state.
An initiative petition calling for a vote on a ban was found to have
insufficient signatures by an Oklahoma Supreme Court referee, but the
full court later reversed that decision. If the petition withstands
other challenges, it likely will be placed on this fall's general
election ballot.
While cockfighting remains le gal under state law, a Tulsa ordinance
prohibits the activity within the city limits, said Bob Whitely,
assistant director of the Tulsa Animal Shelter.
Whitely said the rooster that was taken into custody is recovering
well from his injuries and probably will be adopted by someone who has
experience raising chickens.
Cary Aspinwall, World staff writer, can be reached at 581-8369 or via
e-mail at cary.as...@tulsaworld.com .
siouxdax
Another reason to move out of state.
Uncle Jerry
wrote:
>Oh how terribly, terribly embarrassing...
>
>Another reason to move out of state.
>
Yeah.
But if a guy moves out of state does he get to take his cock with him?
Uncle Jerry
Why ya' reckon the guys that like to fight their cocks are so opposed
to the Average Okie(tm) going to the polls to vote on, well, fighting
their cocks?
[begin partial quote]
Cockfighting vote petition clears hurdle
2002-07-03
By John Greiner
The Oklahoman
An initiative petition calling for a vote on whether to ban
cockfighting in Oklahoma cleared the state Supreme Court for a second
time Tuesday, raising hopes it could be on the Nov. 5 general election
ballot.
[end partial quote]
Full report at:
http://www.newsok.com/cgi-bin/show_article?ID=882567&pic=none&TP=getcapitolbureau
ls
concerning cruelty to animals.
Mercutio Jones
"ls" <shady...@hotpop.com> wrote in message
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> I would just like to know why cockfighting isn't covered under the laws
> concerning cruelty to animals.
Because the bible says that man was given dominion over the animals, so for
some people that justifies watching birds peck each other's eyes out in the
name of sport.
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Flur A Do'ruinn
wrote:
>I would just like to know why cockfighting isn't covered under the laws
>concerning cruelty to animals.
There's probably some excemption somewhere that excludes fighting
fowl as being "animals"... What I'd like to know is why aren't these
things being shut down because it is a "gaming" sport and betting on
such things is illegal in the state.
KRC
Uncle Jerry
wrote:
>I would just like to know why cockfighting isn't covered under the laws
>concerning cruelty to animals.
Because in Oklahoma cockfight is considered a 'religious experience'.
And as everyone knows, Religion Rules in Oklahoma(tm).
That's why we have - ah hell, just read the .sig below:
- - - - -
With divorce, teen birth, crime, illiteracy, incarceration,
methamphetamine production, STD and bankruptcy rates
at or near the highest in the nation and with spending for
common education, public health and jobs training at or near the
lowest in the nation how the heck can anyone claim "Oklahoma is OK?"
http://www.bubbaworld.com/oklahoma.html
- - - - -
Bruce Schultz
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals found that the legislature didn't
clearly intend to include "fowl" in the category of "any animal" when
it passed the animal cruelty statutes. The court pointed to other
examples of the legislature distinguishing between animals and fowl and
the danger of overbreadth. An example the court gave was using live
minnows to bait hooks.
See Lock v. Falkenstine, 1963 OK CR 32, 380 P.2d 278.
So there you have it. Fowl aren't animals.
Bruce
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Uncle Jerry
<snip>
>The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals found that the legislature didn't
>clearly intend to include "fowl" in the category of "any animal" when
>it passed the animal cruelty statutes. The court pointed to other
>examples of the legislature distinguishing between animals and fowl and
>the danger of overbreadth. An example the court gave was using live
>minnows to bait hooks.
>
>See Lock v. Falkenstine, 1963 OK CR 32, 380 P.2d 278.
>
>So there you have it. Fowl aren't animals.
>
>Bruce
As Fred is prone to say, 'only in Oklahoma'.
Evidently fowl are 'plants' or 'minerals' in Oklahoma.
Not that remarkable in a state where science isn't real but witches
are.
dns
>Evidently fowl are 'plants' or 'minerals' in Oklahoma.
Chickens enjoy a special status in Oklahoma don't ya' know? Arkansas
too, only over there they breed 'em for fightin' and eatin' and God
only knows what else. Why I've even heard rumors there are no fly
zones over some of their huge chicken farms because a few years ago a
low flying military helicopter literally scared the shit out of an
entire clucking community and most of 'em died of fright.
Uncle Jerry
>Uncle Jerry <bubba...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Evidently fowl are 'plants' or 'minerals' in Oklahoma.
>
>Chickens enjoy a special status in Oklahoma don't ya' know? Arkansas
I guess so.
There's just something about the Average Okie(tm) that makes them
addicted to 'blood sports'.
Of course when you realize the Average Okie(tm) is also a coward, the
type that whines to a poster's employer rather than confronting the
poster, it's easy to understand that the Average Okie(tm) is far too
frightened to risk his own 'blood'.
They therefore must rely upon their nearest relative on the
evolutionary tree, namely the chicken, to do their fighting for them.
>too, only over there they breed 'em for fightin' and eatin' and God
>only knows what else. Why I've even heard rumors there are no fly
>zones over some of their huge chicken farms because a few years ago a
>low flying military helicopter literally scared the shit out of an
>entire clucking community and most of 'em died of fright.
I've heard/read of such incidents.
I guess chickens are chicken.
dns
>>Chickens enjoy a special status in Oklahoma don't ya' know? Arkansas
>
>I guess so.
>There's just something about the Average Okie(tm) that makes them
>addicted to 'blood sports'.
Yeah, that and Nascar and a few others. :)
>Of course when you realize the Average Okie(tm) is also a coward, the
>type that whines to a poster's employer rather than confronting the
>poster, it's easy to understand that the Average Okie(tm) is far too
>frightened to risk his own 'blood'.
They should whine to my employer. He's a mean son of a bitch and will
tell them where to get off. :)
>They therefore must rely upon their nearest relative on the
>evolutionary tree, namely the chicken, to do their fighting for them.
Yup.
>>too, only over there they breed 'em for fightin' and eatin' and God
>>only knows what else. Why I've even heard rumors there are no fly
>>zones over some of their huge chicken farms because a few years ago a
>>low flying military helicopter literally scared the shit out of an
>>entire clucking community and most of 'em died of fright.
>
>I've heard/read of such incidents.
>I guess chickens are chicken.
Then again they might have been some high flying chickens. You never
can tell about them sumbitches over in Arkie land, feathered or
otherwise. <bseg>
Uncle Jerry
>Uncle Jerry <bubba...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>>Chickens enjoy a special status in Oklahoma don't ya' know? Arkansas
>>
>>I guess so.
>>There's just something about the Average Okie(tm) that makes them
>>addicted to 'blood sports'.
>
>Yeah, that and Nascar and a few others. :)
No doubt.
And don't forget 'fake' blood sports such as PRO-fessional wResslin'.
The Average Okie(tm) believes it's real.
>>Of course when you realize the Average Okie(tm) is also a coward, the
>>type that whines to a poster's employer rather than confronting the
>>poster, it's easy to understand that the Average Okie(tm) is far too
>>frightened to risk his own 'blood'.
>
>They should whine to my employer. He's a mean son of a bitch and will
>tell them where to get off. :)
Undoubtedly.
I feel the same way about my employer.
Plus he's a heathen.
<snip>
>>I guess chickens are chicken.
>
>Then again they might have been some high flying chickens. You never
>can tell about them sumbitches over in Arkie land, feathered or
>otherwise. <bseg>
In a way, I gotta' hand it to the Arkies.
They are a lot more up front about their weirdness and don't try to
wrap it in the Bible on Sunday morning.
I respect that, sorta'.
At least you know where they stand.
Their chickens are probably still chicken though.
They are just a lot more honest about it...
victoria
animals that are not befitting of a shelter of the tiniestsort in events of
hailstorms etc and still think nothing of leavinganimals in hot cards/
V
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