An animal that offends its owner?
Yes, such a thing is neither a Hollywood or, in that case, a Bollywood invention.
India - In the south of the Asian country India, cockfights are unfortunately not uncommon.
However, the illegal fights are also searched for and broken up by the police.
The unauthorized event has now cost a man his life, not the animal.
Poultry in numbers usually die in cockfights, but this time a human has been caught.
A curious situation that happened there.
Cockfight ends deadly - for the owner of the animal
In the village of Lothunur, north of the metropolis of Hyderabad, 16 men organized a cockfight, as reported by the British The
Guardian
, citing the AFP.
An approximately three-inch blade is tied to the roosters' legs so that they injure them fatally.
The people around bet on the outcome of the fight.
While trying to break free, the rooster stabbed its owner in the groin with the blade.
Part of the main artery also runs there.
After the injury, the man died of excessive blood loss before he could even be hospitalized.
So the police officer is quoted by the AFP.
"We are looking for the other 15 people involved who organized the illegal struggle," said the official.
After the crime, the rooster was briefly taken to the police station before being taken to an animal farm.
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The blade that is attached could have looked something like this.
(Archive image).
© picture-alliance / dpa |
epa Piyal Adhikary
Cockfighting is illegal in India - unfortunately it is still very popular
While the cockfights are illegal, they happen regularly in some parts of India,
The Guardian
reports.
Especially during the traditional Hindu festival Makar Sankranti.
A solstice beginning in mid-January, which is celebrated in different ways in different areas.
Even if the animal welfare organizations draw attention to the cockfight, up to 1000 animals die every year.
Unfortunately, this type of fight is also very popular and sometimes attracts a large number of spectators.
Another bird actually looks quite harmless - but it is the most dangerous bird in the world.
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