ckens are given the very minimum in care. Meat chickens are going to be killed at six weeks of age, so there is no reason to pamper them. Gamecocks are admired for their courage and are given expensive feed and grain mixtures and are provided fresh water and sunshine at all times. However, meat chickens never see a blade of grass and the only time they see sunshine is on a truck on their way to be killed and cut up. Meat chickens do not even have a mother. They are born in incubators, but gamecocks are hatched and raised by their natural mother, the hen. Gamecocks are raised in a natural environment, while meat chickens are raised in metal barns where they sometimes suffocate. Anyone that has seen these barns can testify that they are filthy and that the odor is repugnant. On the other hand, people that see where gamecocks are kept often are surprised by how clean and well-maintained the birds are.I do not believe cockfighting is a form of animal cruelty. It is hypocrisy when someone eats chickens, but calls cockfighting cruel. Until we make vegetarianism mandatory, there is no reason for cockfighting to be illegal. A natural instinct should not be legislated by our government....
