Personally, I think people should be allowed to bite the heads off roosters if they want to. The alternative would seem to be outlawing the killing of chickens and roosters and making the eating for their flesh illegal. I wouldn’t mind if that happened, but short of that, I think people should be able to bit the heads off roosters that they own. As long as they do it humanely, no slow gnawing or torturous gnoshing…all of this reminds me of my favorite chicken site hawaiichicken.com
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A man accused of biting the head off his pet rooster was arrested Friday and faces up to a year in prison if convicted, an animal protection spokesman said.
A neighbor had complained about a dead rooster near his Manhattan apartment and agents found the body of the beheaded rooster on a fire escape, said Joe Pentangelo, spokesman for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The rooster’s head was not located.
Humberto Rodriguez, 52, told agents that he bit the rooster’s head off because he blamed it for injuring a pet pigeon that he also kept in the apartment, Pentangelo said.
Rodriguez is charged with animal cruelty and could face up to a year in prison if convicted. It is also illegal to possess a live rooster in New York City, Pentangelo said.
Pentangelo said Friday night he did not know whether Rodriguez had a lawyer.
This whole thing could have been avoided with a little BBQ.