'Just making a living': Cockfighting a way of life in Philippines

[joebloggs]

now why don't these guys go in the ring and the out of each other for money instead

http://www.today.com/travel/just-mak...nes-6C10945776

[fred]

It may be a brutal way for a chicken to die but these special Cockerels live the good life before their day in the ring!!
They are fed imported foods,given vitamins,clipped and preened and admired,given a house of their own long long before their big day out..
If they win?? Well then you are REALLY talking the good life!

Joe... In your next life..If you came back as a Chicken,what one would you prefer to come back as?
One of these?


Or one of these?



Think about that next time you have a Chicken Sunday roast!!

[Arthur Little]

Or one of these?



Think about that next time you have a Chicken Sunday roast!!

........... photo's unlikely to affect Joe ... apart from his being an "animal lover", that is! I believe he's vegetarian.

[fred]

........... photo's unlikely to affect Joe ... apart from his being an "animal lover", that is! I believe he's vegetarian.

Oh well Arthur... In that case... I give in!!
That said,I wonder if carrots feel pain when we peel off its skin with a sharp knife or when we gouge out an eye of poor Mr potato with an eye gouger? Lol.

[Michael Parnham]

Oh well Arthur... In that case... I give in!!
That said,I wonder if carrots feel pain when we peel off its skin with a sharp knife or when we gouge out an eye of poor Mr potato with an eye gouger? Lol.

They say that cold water fish don't feel pain! Do they?

[tiger31]

It may be a brutal way for a chicken to die but these special Cockerels live the good life before their day in the ring!!
They are fed imported foods,given vitamins,clipped and preened and admired,given a house of their own long long before their big day out..
If they win?? Well then you are talking the good life!

Joe... In your next life..If you came back as a Chicken,what one would you prefer to come back as?
One of these?


Or one of these?



Think about that next time you have a Chicken Sunday roast!!

hahahaha very good

[joebloggs]

end result is they are both dead, but one is forced to fight to the death for 'entertainment'

[fred]

end result is they are both dead, but one is forced to fight to the death for 'entertainment'

No!! A fighting cock has a 50/50 chance of going into stud or living to fight another day..
The sorry looking things in the other pic are 100% dead meat going on a lunch plate..
Im giving you a choice Joe as you could well come back as a chicken in the next life..
Whats it gonna be?
I know what I`d choose!!

[andy222]

No different to bullfighting. They dont ban that.

[fred]

No different to bullfighting. They dont ban that.

Its a cultural thing..The Spanish are trying to hold on to theirs.. The English used to have cockfighting ...till we lost our culture I expect.

[joebloggs]

The English used to have cockfighting ...till we lost our culture I expect.

cockfighting was banned in 1835 in England, it was not because we lost our culture, it was because England became more civilized.

and once your dead you don't come back, its a one way ticket , so i'll not be coming back

[jake]

There is no MAYRON or WALA.

Can i have 5k on UNA!

[Ako Si Jamie]

now why don't these guys go in the ring and the out of each other for money instead

http://www.today.com/travel/just-mak...nes-6C10945776

Interesting article.

[Ako Si Jamie]

I went to see a cockfight in Puerto Galera and to be honest it wasn't worth the entrance fee. A few pecks and the contests were over in under a minute.