December 4, 2002
FOGHORN LEGHORN GONE FERAL:
'Chicken consultants' try to rid Florida's Key West of pesky birds (Canadian Press, December 03, 2002)Katha Sheehan relies on a 3-year-old rooster named Young Warrior as a lure to capture other feisty roosters fowling the main streets and back alleys of Key West.Ray Horwitz carries a cage and baits it with food, sometimes spending hours waiting to snare his quarry, only to see them strut away at the last moment.
The pair are among a handful of free-lance "chicken consultants" helping Key West in its battle against thousands of free-roaming hens and roosters, considered a nuisance by many people in this vacation hub. [...]
Sheehan uses Young Warrior to lure out roosters eager to fight to defend their territory. She then steps in and grabs the squawking rooster by its legs. She gets $20 per bird.
Do folks in all the states that banned cockfighting in November know about this? Posted by Orrin Judd at December 4, 2002 2:43 PM
"Chicken consultants?" Boy, I never heard, I say, I never heard'a somethin' so ridiculous in all my life! "Chicken consultants!" Boy, I say, boy, if you wanna, I say, if you wanna consult a chicken, you can just come talk to me. Fortunately, I always, I say, I always keep my feathers numbered for just such an emergency.
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at December 4, 2002 3:00 PM