Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Ol' Fuss & Feathers: Cock Fight Turns Deadly


We now have a definitive answer to the question: who is the cock of the walk? Turns out, it is not man:

A California man attending a cockfight has died after being stabbed in the leg by a bird that had a knife attached to its limb.

The Kern County coroner says 35-year-old Jose Luis Ochoa was declared dead at a hospital about two hours after he suffered the injury in neighboring Tulare County on Jan. 30.

An autopsy concluded Ochoa died of an accidental "sharp force injury" to his right calf.

Sheriff's spokesman Ray Pruitt says it's unclear if a delay in seeking medical attention contributed to Ochoa's death. Tulare officials are investigating, and no arrests were made at the cockfight.

Fighting Cock wrangling is much more dangerous than I realized. Must be one of those jobs that Americans won't do.

UPDATE: oh, and note that "no arrests were made at the cockfight."


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