Rooster kills a man during banned cockfight
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Banned decades ago
The practice of cockfighting - or putting two roosters, bred for aggression in a ring to battle - has been around for ages, even earning itself a ban a few decades ago.
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Popularity
These fights are common in most of South India, except in Kerala. This is in spite of a ban in 1960. The fights are almost always bet on and attended by hundreds, if not thousands, of people.
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Death
45-year-old Thangulla Satish was killed by his own rooster, who he was preparing for a fight. Satish was slashed in the groin by the three-inch knife tied to the bird’s leg and bled out on the way to the hospial.
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Breeding
The roosters used in these fights are bred and trained for the purpose, in part due to the high stakes riding on it in the form of the many bets placed on the birds. Fights continue until one contestant is either dead or flees.
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In custody
The Telangana police have the rooster in their custody, with plans to shift the bird to an animal care facility. “We may need to produce it before the court,” said one officer.