AN American senator hopes to revive cockfighting in the state of Oklahoma by putting tiny boxing gloves on the roosters instead of razors.
Yes, that's right. Little tiny gloves.
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.
I'm getting a very strange image in my head. Will there be tiny spit buckets as well? Poultry trainers with minature towels over their shoulders?
Some people aren't happy:
Janet Halliburton, president of the Oklahoma Coalition Against Cockfighting, which led the drive for the 2002 law, said Senator Shurden was really seeking to loosen the ban.
Careful Jan, with a surname like that, you're just ASKING to be put in a conspiracy theory.
Posted by Quentin George at January 28, 2005 04:13 PM