I realize it’s hard to get solid facts when talking to cockfighters, but I thought I’d point out to you they love to claim our founding fathers were cockfighters [“Chicken Wars,” July 4]. None of this has been established.
You stated that Lincoln kept fighting cocks. This has never even been alleged in my 18 years working on this issue. A historian at his library told us that she found no Lincoln involvement with cockfighting. The Humane Society of the United States has copies of letters regarding presidential involvement, including Lincoln, and I’m sure they’d be happy to send them to you.
By the way, I organized the ballot campaigns that allowed the voters of Arizona and Oklahoma to overwhelmingly ban cockfighting in those states. Most people were quite surprised to learn it was even going on in this day and age.
Jamie Massey
Tucson
This article appears in Jul 25-31, 2007.
Mr. Massey is referring to a search at the Lincoln Library I would guess. The Humane Society of the United States who has hired Mr. Massey in the past to organize the anti-cockfighting ballots is also the organization who has hired a convicted terrorist to help run their organization. Good bases to judge someone else on, isn’t it? He is reformed now, lol. The librarian may not have found the information in their library, however that does not mean it does not exist. The ballots in Arizona and Oklahoma had dead people who signed as well as some who did not exist. Mr. Massey swore by collecting signatures he was a resident of Oklahoma, I have a picture of him in action, smile. He lives in Arizona. If people are surprised that cockfighting was going on, bet they will really be surprised to find out where their chicken dinner comes from, not Massey and the boys though, they are vegetarians. In ending, I must say The Humane Society has campaigns against fishing, hunting, rodeo and farm animals. Do you think people their will be surprised those exist? Well if you need some more solid facts, let me know. I have about 20 years of solid facts on the HSUS and Mr. Massey and about 300 years of solid facts about cockfighting. Mr. Massy, I have solid facts from before your stay on the reservation up to and including your self professed importance in stopping a sport, no one knew happened.
For what it’s worth — Sadly the Humane Society of the United States (hsus) receives $Millions$ from people who mistakingly believe that such donations are helping animals at their local shelter. The hsus does not operate animal shelters and with well over $100 million in assets contributes very little to existing facilities. Of $1.7 million donated in 2004 ( latest year for which I have available figures ) Three Ohio facilities out of 101 listed at superpages.com received a total of $1,000 Columbus House Rabbit $500 Pooch Parade Westerville $250 and Voice for Horses Toledo $250 — Of 48 shelters in Arizona only the Arizona Humane Society in Phoenix received money $1050, and in Oklahoma with 24 shelters the Oklahoma Humane Federation in Norman received a paltry $275 — There is however one program where the hsus does allegedly help animal shelters. I say allegedy because through their Animal Services Consultation Program they will FOR A FEE ranging between $4000.00 and $20,000.00 depending on the facility and provide so called expert consultation to a shelter desiring it. Yup folks the struggling humane shelters have to pay to get help from those who claim to be the largest animal welfare org. — Folks if you are truly interested in caring for animals at your local shelter then please call your local animal shelter and ask what they could use , food, blankets, etc. Don’t send money to the hsus who are more likely to spend that money ( $50,000 in 2004 ) to stop casino gambling at a race track a thousand miles away than to help the animals that you donated your hard earned dollars for.
Just as sick as we cockers make you roughage eating pantywaists , everything about you and your pretty quaint poetic little lifestyle makes us equally sick, if your agenda was to take the Bankiva gamecock (who walked out of the jungle with a natural “Game” demeanor and instincts long before your pathetic existence was ever even fathomed) from Hard Working Red Blooded Americans and their children who where to carry on and conserve these families. only to slaughter hundreds of years of Hard American work Congratulations Massey you succeeded at putting a dent in the number of Pure Strains that are still around from the “good ole days” I was a boy born into this sport of heritage and Whit, only to have my childhood passion stripped by some yellow bellied sapsucker like yourself. But Ive got news for ya. Just as a rattled Battlecock will regain his composer and wait for his opponents one mistake, We the young Cockers that were robbed of our inheritance WILL Restore this sport and the fowl involved to its former glory. Whether we do it here or somewhere else you wont ever kill our spirit for competition with these fowl. I do agree its a shame to see alot of good cocks die but guess what Mr. massey everything that lives here on this earth will die at some point or another, I think “men” like you ought to strap on their big boy pants and refrain from squatting when they piss. accept the real world for what it is and stop trying to force everyone around you to look at life through a sugarcoated lens because you just cant live with such an injustice. I wish no cocks ever had to die either, it would be much more satisfying if every time I lost a fight One of you Animal rights Schmucks could take my roosters place. the men competing with these breeds are preserving, and sustaining these strains. not massacring them as ive seen you animal rights nutjobs do so many times before. Well see ya at the Pits Pansy boy
So what if he was, it was considered a sport at the time , and afterward everyone would sit down for a nice bowl of chicken soup