UPC United Poultry
Concerns
May 2017
It is not true, however, that such roosters cannot ever be rehabilitated. In fact, many can be. I know this from my own experience with hens and roosters rescued from cockfighting raids in Alabama and Mississippi. Other sanctuaries have had similar success.
This post is to remember and honor the 7,000 roosters and hens who were
seized from cockfighters in Los Angeles County earlier this month and who
are now dead. [See original
Care2.com's article here.]
It is very painful to know that although they were seized, they could not be
saved, due to the number of birds and a lack of resources to care for so
many at once, many of whom were severely injured or sick or both.
Since it is often assumed that roosters rescued from cockfighting operations
are incapable of being rehabilitated, I responded to this article by
commenting today:
“Thank you for this heartbreaking article about the
cockfighting seizure and for pointing out that these roosters are punished
and traumatized by their owners into fighting abnormally. It is not true,
however, that such roosters cannot ever be rehabilitated. In fact, many can
be. I know this from my own experience with hens and roosters rescued from
cockfighting raids in Alabama and Mississippi. Other sanctuaries have had
similar success. There is no guarantee, of course, but like children and
others who have experienced a lifetime of abuse, trauma and terror, many
roosters, in the right conditions, can learn to live normally and even
happily.”
— Karen Davis, President, United Poultry Concerns
For more about cockfighting, visit
United
Poultry Concerns: Cockfighting.
Our rooster Mr-Sippi has lived peaceably in our sanctuary ever since he was
rescued from a cockfighting raid in Mississippi in January 2009.
Fortunately, he was rescued before the cockfighters mutilated his face. Here
he is:
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