A HEALTHY ROOSTER WITH COMB AND WATTLE INTACT

Like many of you, I grew up in a small town (population 600).

I like reading hometown news and sharing it with you, and that includes the most recent squall from Elkhart, Indiana. At first it seemed like another quaint “How naïve can you get?” article. But then it merges into a considerably more jolting issue that is behind police raids in states as disparate as California, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana and Tennessee, among others, and those just in the last month alone.

The reason? Drugs? Illegal weapons? Money laundering? Exposing children to criminal activities?

No and yes.

Cockfighting. A red blood sport for the entertainment of hearts gone dark.

UPDATE, Sorry: the second link below to Kiko’s House blogsite for rest of this article and images, appears to be down for the moment: this one works:

Try this one later in the day: To read rest of article, including “letter from a cocker”, see here and scroll down