Oklahoma lawmaker wants tiny boxing gloves on roosters

[ISiddiqui]

Lawmaker wants tiny boxing gloves on roosters

Wednesday, January 26, 2005 Posted: 9:35 PM EST (0235 GMT)

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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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LOL! LOL! Man, with politicians like this, why do we even need elections?! LOL!

[Suicane75]

Who was it that I got into a fight with a few months ago about Oklahomans being patently insane?

And I hate putting a glove on my cock.

[duckman]

I was laughing my ass off when they ran the story on the evening news.

[rkmsuf]

Voters of Oklahoma should be proud.

[duckman]

Originally Posted by rkmsuf

Voters of Oklahoma should be proud.

You mean the voters from his district. I didn't have the pleasure of seeing him on my ballot.

[rkmsuf]

whatever. he's doing quality work there.

[Cuckoo]

Henryetta is where Troy Aikman is from. My high school used to play them in football every year, and Troy showed up at one of the games. He was pretty rude when people asked for his autograph. Of course, we were beating his school by like 40 points.

[heybrad]

You see in Little Jerry Seinfeld the unlimited future you once had. Now, just because Jerry Seinfeld is a has-been, don't make Little Jerry Seinfeld a never-was!

[Anthony]

you can milk anything with nipples.