As a couple of sheriffs have said let's see the legislature enforce the law

[RB TexLa]

Cockfights Become Illegal This Week
State Last To Outlaw Rooster Fights


BATON ROUGE, La. -- Gory and bucolic all at once, cockfights have drawn crowds to small-time pits and full-blown arenas in towns around Louisiana for generations. By the end of the week, they'll be against the law everywhere.

On Friday, Louisiana will become the last state to outlaw the rooster fights, a move that cockfighting enthusiasts said marks the end of a rich rural tradition.

Chris Daughdrill, who breeds fighting roosters in Loranger, said it's another one of the rights that big government has taken away from the people.

Maybe so, but supporters and opponents agree that the blood sport won't be wiped out entirely. Like bootlegging, cockfights will continue on the sly in remote areas, and getting caught could mean fines or even prison.

Billy Duplechein, who raised fighting roosters as a boy and never stopped attending the fights, said the new law will criminalize a rich, generations-old Cajun tradition.

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[kestrel91316]

1. This is a barbaric, bloody, needlessly cruel "tradition" that needs to die.

And this is coming from someone who hates roosters and doesn't particularly like chickens except for eating.......

[Dogtown]

2. Absolutely. kestrel

Rooted in the same traditions that gave them entitlement to own humans for their amusement.

[LiberalFighter]

3. Sheriffs questioning the law? I wonder how they determine their salary?

[Freddie Stubbs]

4. It will be up to the voters of those Parishes to elect sheriffs who will enforce

that particular law. Prostitution is illegal in California, but the DA there refuses to prosecute most prostitution cases. If San Franciscans didn't like this, they could elect a new DA.

[jayfish]

5. Is One Of Them This Guy?

Jay