Man Killed by Cockfighting Rooster

[Omaha Steve]

Monday LBN story about 3,000 cock fighting birds: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014723345


No link for story below.

By Michael Allen
Opposing Views
February 08, 2014

Jose Ochoa died after a rooster stabbed him in the leg during an illegal cockfight near Tulare County, Calif. The rooster had a razor-like knife attached to its leg, which the birds use to fight each other to the death, notes LA Weekly.

Ochoa may have lost too much blood by fleeing the police and waiting to be taken to the Delano Regional Medical Center. "I have never seen this type of incident,” Sgt. Martin King told the Bakersfield Californian. “People have been known to bleed out from those injuries if medical attention is not obtained immediately.”

Ochoa has been charged previously for training roosters for cockfights, but he and other participants fled when police arrived. Police have found several dead roosters but have not arrested anyone yet. "It's pretty rare, but I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often considering the knives they put on those birds," said John Goodwin, director of animal cruelty policy for the Humane Society. "It's not a surprise that somebody got killed."

Oregon, Arizona and New Mexico treat cockfighting as a felony, so California is an "attractive destination" because the illegal activity is only a misdemeanor, added Goodwin.

Ochoa had previously paid $370 in fines, which is little compared to gambling winnings of small cockfights that can reach amounts up to $10,000. "The money adds up fast, and that's why we need strong penalties," Goodwin said. "For a law to be a deterrent, the penalty has to be greater than the gain of breaking the law."

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[Scuba]

1. Karma.

[Coyotl]

13. Plus, a Darwin Award.

[sakabatou]

32. +1

Or at least an honorable mention.

[NightWatcher]

2. sounds like the cock fighting rooster killed him one

[Hoyt]

3. Now if dogs used for fighting would turn on their owners and "spectators".

[Siwsan]

4. Family legend has it that my Grandfather raised fighting roosters - briefly

This happened right around the time of the Depression. One afternoon while my Grandmother was bending over, gathering something or other in the garden, my Grandfather's prize rooster, supposedly wearing his spurs, found Grandmother's rump a bit too tempting of a target and did a launching attack. Whether the spurs were involved, or not, that evening the family dined on poultry and Grandpa got out of the rooster raising business.

[angstlessk]

7. In the early 50's my grandfather took us grandkids to a cock fight

All the adults were gathered around..so we couldn't see anything..and could not be less interested...we preferred to explore the farm..being city folk

[Bosso 63]

5. Live by the sword, die by the sword.

I think I'll just stop there.

[SamKnause]

6. I will never understand this mindset,

of pitting one animal against another for entertainment and financial gain.

[840high]

8. Karma.

[Xithras]

9. It's only a misdemeanor here?

I think I need to write my state reps

[freshwest]

22. Yes, that was surprising to me, too. n/t

[TheMathieu]

10. ...

[JHB]

11. How ironic

[Beacool]

12. Karma.

What goes around, comes around.

[Auntie Bush]

14. My first thought was, "GOOD"

Serves him right. to bad it doesn't happen more often to people like him. (Note I didn't call him a man.)

[Coyotl]

18. My first thought, "Is the chicken O.K?"

The guy likely gets a Darwin Award, what's the chicken get?

[WorseBeforeBetter]

24. Mine, too. Along with "how's the rooster"?

If that makes me a bad human being, so be it!

[Loaded Liberal Dem]

15. Herd Thinned

[JanMichael]

16. good rooster. nt.

[kairos12]

17. Given it was cockfight and Ochoa fled, I wonder if the police combed the neighborhood.

[Beringia]

19. Now he knows what it feels like

[NoGOPZone]

20. this incident actually happened a few years ago

I remember being stunned that the birds actually had knives tied to them.

I'll never understand the appeal of bloodsports to begin, or the desire to make them even more gory

[Crepuscular]

21. Sometimes

Justice prevails.

[BainsBane]

23. How exactly does a rooster use a knife?

I'm having trouble picturing that.

[Nolimit]

25. By enhancing what they already have..

They tie/attach it to their spurs on the back of their legs. Roosters normally use their spurs while attacking, attaching a blade makes them even more dangerous.

[Cali_Democrat]

26. The folks who fight the bids attach the blade to the rooster like so...

[BainsBane]

28. Nasty business.

Thanks for finding the pic.

[exboyfil]

29. Basically turning them into small

raptors. Real smart.

[Recursion]

31. They tie razor blades to their talons

It's awful, awful stuff.

[mackerel]

27. I wonder what Father will say as the Homily?

[Vashta Nerada]

30. I won't mourn his loss.