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The rooster equivalent of behind bars: police raid a Phuket cockfight ring
The rooster equivalent of behind bars: police raid a Phuket cockfight ring
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Phuket Cock Fight Raid: 42 Arrested

By Sert Tongdee

Monday, August 2, 2010
A PHUKET gambling ring has been smashed, but it's not a huge illegal football gambling ring. It's the rooster ring.

Crime Suppression Division police from Bangkok raided a Phuket cockfighting ring at Rawai yesterday, apprehending 42 people and four roosters.

The alleged gamblers, 40 men and two women, attracted the attention of nearby residents in Soi Sounwat Moo 1, behind the Rawai temple.

Police sought bail of 12,000 baht for the accused. Some were able to pay, avoiding a night in the lockup. All the accused are due to face court today. The fate of the four roosters is not known.

Like football betting, cockfighting occurs on Phuket and is usually tolerated unless the commotion brings unwanted attention.

Cockfighting, a traditional form of gambling throughout Asia, is frowned upon in the 21st century as much for the cruelty to animals as the betting.
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Great job reporting - Phuketwan always has interesting and pertinent stories not reported elsewhere. How did you get those pictures so fast!

Posted by Tiffany on August 2, 2010 11:44

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What is sad is that it is the gambling that brought the police action, not the cruelty to animals. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand, but only on Sundays. For the initiated, in most cockfights spikes or razor blades called "gaffs" are attached to the feet of the birds.

They slash at each other until one is dead. It's a cruel and heinous blood sport outlawed in most western counties. Tournaments can be found airing on prime time TV in Thailand and the Philippines.

Posted by ScubaBuddha on August 2, 2010 18:07

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So pleased this was reported...this needs to stop

Posted by Kate Cassidy on August 6, 2010 04:49

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These are cruel people. Please make sure they go to prison for causing such pain to animals. This takes the humanity out of people.

Posted by jenny storake on August 6, 2010 04:56

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