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January 27, 2005
You Can Take the Cocks out of Oklahoma - Or Can You?
At PHOSITA, we were pretty embarrassed to be scooped on a great story by 271 Blog, "PATENTS, PUBLIC POLICY AND COCKFIGHTING - ALWAYS A WINNING COMBINATION."
The voters of Oklahoma decided that the lethal sport of cockfighting was unacceptable in 2002. Now, a proponent of the "sport" has introduced a bill that would allow modified non-lethal cockfighting.
You may be wondering how on earth the "sport" could be non-lethal. This is where a currently pending patent application enters the picture. Patent application publication number 2004/0009797, entitled "Non-Lethal Gamecock Sparring Match, Equipment & Methods" was invented by three Californians before the Oklahoma ban took effect. The abstract states that the invention is
A non-lethal method of cock fighting includes providing each gamecock with a garment such as a vest or collar that at least partially covers the body of the gamecock and carries a sensor at a predetermined location on the garment and a signal transmission device. The signal transmission device generates a signal when the sensor is struck by a gamecock. The spurs of each gamecock are covered with a protective device to prevent the spurs from causing injury during the cock fight and their beaks are taped shut. A scoring apparatus is provided that is responsive to the signal and includes a visual display that displays a numerical score for each gamecock. The numerical score is based, at least in part, on the number strikes detected by the sensor being struck over a predetermined time period during the cock fight.
"To me it answers everything. It saves the industry, takes blood sport out and generates revenue for Oklahoma," the legislator said.
Only in Oklahoma!
Posted by Douglas Sorocco at 04:25 PM.
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I think you guys are the most stupidest people in the world. From my knowledge of cock fighting the way Caucasion, Latinos and Philipino conduct cock fighting is extremely ruthless. Try the SouthEast Asian style of cock fighting. Rules, spur are duct taped to minimize death, cuts, and stabbing and still allow the action of to cocks going at it. Another rule there are rounds and each round is appromixity 15 to 18 minutes; depending on the owners on what they agreed to. In between rounds the roosters are wash, clean from cuts, bruise, refresh with water, and a throat brush using one a feather to clean out the blood that are swallow during a fight, to minimize any blood related bacteria. Rooster should fight to the death but to submission. After a 5 or 6 round bout and two weeks the cock is fine and stronger than the last time.
Posted by: dang at July 24, 2005 04:16 PM
