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How To Kill A Chicken
How to Kill a Chicken. You may never have to kill a chicken or want to kill a chicken but if you do then you want to kill it properly. If you care about animals then you want to cause them the minimum amount of stress and and pain.
There is an unfortunate saying in the English language which states to 'Wring a Chicken's Neck'. In fact it gets 154,000 results on Google so there are a lot of people out there who gather that 'wringing' is the way to go about it. It isn't, at least not in the way that people understand wringing. People believe wringing is as in a wet towel i.e. twisted, squeezed and compressed to remove water. There is no question about it. This would kill the chicken but it would take time and be stressful and painful to the bird and traumatic for the 'wringer'.
So forget about wringing. Never use the phrase in connection with a chicken ever again. Chickens will thank you for it.
I like chickens. I like all animals. Before I started by zoo career I had killed very few creatures and none in anger. In fact before I worked in zoos I had never really thought about animals eating animals. I had seen the wildlife documentaries of course but somehow, on screen, you are divorced from reality. Lions ate meat, Hawks ate pigeons. Where the meat and pigeons came from was not actually in the formula.
Training And Conditioning The Fighting Rooster in the Mirror
Controversial cockfighting still exists in certain cultures and countries, despite having been outlawed here in the U.S. and other countries. Many believe cockfighting is a cruel blood sport that pits two roosters against each other. Spectators place bets, and the fight ends after one or both roosters die.
Here in the U.S. cockfighting is illegal in all states. It is a felony in 35 states and can net you as much as a $10,000 fine and five years in jail. Yet, in some parts of this country, you'll still see game roosters being raised openly for fighting, in states where it is a felony charge.
This is the true story that took place in Chandler, Arizona of one of those participants involved in the sport and the fate that he met. Long before animal rights activism was something we have all heard about -- the sport was part of a marital war between my grandparents. One believed it to be a time honored sport or art, the other believed it to be cruel.
Crumbling Adobe House in Terlingua
Source: NARA - Photographer: Blair Pittman, 1937, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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