Calif. Man Fatally Stabbed During Cockfighting Match… by a Rooster
- Posted on February 7, 2011 at 7:31pm by
Meredith Jessup
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Everyone knows that cockfighting can be deadly for birds caught up in the illegal practice. But, as evidenced by the bizarre recent death of one California man, the brutal exercise is startlingly dangerous for spectators as well. 
Jose Luis Ochoa, 35, died Sunday after being stabbed in the leg by a sharp blade that had been attached to a fighting bird, police say.
Ochoa, who has been fined for participating in the illegal practice in the past, was rushed to Delano Regional Medical Center shortly after Tulare County police arrived to bust up the cockfight. Ochoa and others fled when sheriff’s deputies arrived at the scene. Though it’s unclear exactly how Ochoa sustained his injuries, police speculate that one of the birds’ razor-like blades punctured Ochoa’s right calf, likely severing a major artery.
“I have never seen this type of incident,” said Sgt. Martin King, a 24-year police veteran. “People have been known to bleed out from those injuries if medical attention is not obtained immediately.”
Also found at the scene were five dead roosters and other evidence pointing to an illegal cockfighting ring. In the state of California, a first offense being involved in a cockfighting operation — whether running or it just watching it — amounts to a misdemeanor. A second offense, however, is treated as a felony.
Ochoa had participated in cockfighting at least once before his death Sunday. Last year he reportedly paid $370 in fines after pleading no contest to one count of owning or training an animal for fighting, according to Kern County Superior Court records.
h/t Business Insider
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Comments (135)
suran
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 8:46pmNo sympathy. This jackass got what he deserved. I hope he died a slow, painful death. Too bad he didn’t take more of his cronies with him. Can you tell I am an animal lover???
God works in strange ways….
Report Post »Waltermelon
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 8:56pmAll joking aside, ALL life is precious. There is an old saying that goes; A kisser of cattle is a killer of men.
Report Post »Waltermelon
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 9:25pmI forgot to mention that a certain leader in Germany was also an avid animal lover, and didn’t seem to value human life at all.
Report Post »MBA
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 8:34pmChicken 1; illegal zip
Report Post »AContinentalFarmer
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 8:32pmI’m shocked by the number of comments which seem to equate the life of a rooster with the life of a man. I don’t like cockfighting, but it’s disordered thinking to assert that a man received his just desserts in being killed by a rooster which he was abusing.
Report Post »Waltermelon
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 8:53pmIt was his time to go. No amount of sugar coating can change that. Death by rooster or greyhound, doesn’t matter, when it is our time, we go.
Report Post »warlick1
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 10:40pmThe man had a choice when he decided to participate in cockfighting. The poor chicken didn’t.
Report Post »ADNIL
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:17amAbuse is abuse. What does it matter to what creature? Those who abuse animals will rarely stop there. Abuse is a mindset. Many serial killers of people started by abusing and killing animals.
Report Post »steve5150
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 8:30pmPoor guy. Banging on the gates of heaven while a multitude of angel laugh hysterically.
Report Post »zoo9guy
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 8:30pmI’m sure going to be a lot nicer to chickens! I obviously didn’t know who I was messing with…..where‘s a Church’s?
Report Post »Thighmaster
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 8:29pmWhat’s next? Cows with guns?
Report Post »Waltermelon
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 8:49pmThey are already killing us with methane according to the kooks! I guess they never considered that there were many more buffaloes in the past, than there are cattle, now, in this nation.
Report Post »Waltermelon
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 8:27pmThis reminds me of the guy a few years ago who had caught a mouse in his live-trap inside his house. He was burning leaves outside, so this cruel jerk decides to burn the poor mouse alive. This after going through the trouble of using a live trap!
Well, he throws the mouse on the fire, and the mouse jumps out of the fire, ablaze, and runs right back into the mans house. The house burned…
Report Post »Xcori8r
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 8:23pmKilled in a knife fight – by a chicken. Boy, I sure wouldn‘t want that on the ol’ head stone.
Report Post »troyvar
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 8:37pmLike in the ancestory.com commercial: I found a leaf so I clicked on it, and it turns out my Great, great grandfather was killed by a chicken, with a blade stuck in its’ beak….
Report Post »Waltermelon
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 8:47pmHe must have brought a gun to a knife fight…
Report Post »roxee
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 8:18pmOnly in California! Was in the country legaly?
Report Post »Diane TX
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 8:11pmPoetic justice. He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword. Just substitute the word blade for the word sword.
Report Post »Waltermelon
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 10:41pmHe who lives by the chicken, dies by the chicken…wise words
Report Post »CanteenBoy
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 12:32amSubstitute idiot for the word human.
Report Post »flyguync
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 8:10pmI can’t help but think of that west coast food chain: “El Pollo Loco” or this could be “Revenge of El Pollo Loco”
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 8:10pmAnother case of poetic justice.
Report Post »reckless
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 8:09pmMaybe roosters at the border?
Report Post »munecas
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 7:47pmObviously the guy had not learned from his mistakes.
Report Post »I guess now is time to outlaw chickens. They are deadly…just like cigarettes.
DashRipRock
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 7:44pmPut that chicken on the border
Report Post »drago
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 9:32pmLmao, best comment i’ve seen all day.
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 11:08pmDitto!
Report Post »missionarydad
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 11:12pmThanks for the laugh, good one.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 12:47amGuard Chickens……… might just work
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 7:43pmDidn’t we have a fox shoot someone last week…..revenge of the animals………
Report Post »timber wolf
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 8:08pmYes, I remember posting on that story.
Report Post »Sergio Q
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 7:43pmGOOD FOR THE ROOSTER !!
Report Post »,I have seen such things ,along with several other critter fighting events & find it discusting & worthy of serious beat-downs for the promoters of such crule gatherings.
~may you rot in hell Mr.Ochoa~
CanteenBoy
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 7:47pmHow is that? Do you regularly attend such “critter fighting events”?
Report Post »Sergio Q
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 8:50pmhaving traveled a bit I have seen many thing some good some bad & none of the “critter fighting events” were something I asked to view! ,but was in the wrong place at the right time ,and you bet I spoke my mind on the subject.
Report Post »..almost got jumped at a dog fight I encountered in a back alley in DC by some getto-trash that didnt approve of my disapproval ,& shot at in Panama when my tourist @$$ stumbled across a ****-fight
(speaking out can be risky !)
CanteenBoy
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 10:21pmI hear ya! I was a bike courier in DC for five years… came across a few back/bad alleys.
Thanks for responding.
Report Post »CanteenBoy
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 10:32pmAs a result, I now live in Virginia with my easily-obtained CC permit.
Report Post »Sergio Q
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 2:37pmwell I had posted a reply to ya “CANTEENBOY” ,but it seems to have been delited ~hope YOU got a chance to read it.
Report Post »I had posted a few examples of the assorted “cant help ya’s” I encountered via my work ,but must have offended some peasant (?)
anyhoo ,goodluck to ya CANTEENBOY.
RightPolitically
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 7:42pmJust desserts!
Report Post »Diamond Girl
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 7:42pmPay backs are hell!
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 7:41pmI-r-o-n-y
Report Post »Xcori8r
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 10:50pmYes, it was an ironically fowl way to go.
Report Post »Steverino
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 7:40pmI am not sure which animal had the smaller brain. Chicken or dumbass dead dude. Hmmmm….
Report Post »Sorry if this sounds harsh, but, well, I guess it is.
MBA
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 8:34pmSometimes the truth is harsh, That‘s why the democrats don’t want to hear it,
Report Post »SecondBane
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 7:39pmkarma perhaps?
http://www.thedeadinfested.com
Report Post »kindling
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 11:22pmRemember the movie “Birds”……:)
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 7:35pmHe was fined before. Maybe shouldn’t have asked about crossing the road.
Report Post »TennesseeConservative
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:26amI agree with MissionaryDad on this one. We sure can be cruel. Choose animals over people? Really?
Report Post »Kill the human babies, save the chickens and dogs. Really? GOD help us, we really have been indoctrinated as a culture.
13thGenerationAmerican
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 7:34pmYou go Little Jerry Seinfeld
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 8:19pmHa Ha Ha :) :) :)
Report Post »but I feel really sad for the ………rooster :(
Xcori8r
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 10:18pmImagine the guilt that poor bird has to go through life carrying.
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 7:33pmGood!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 7:39pmI have to agree that in this one case, the man got what is the true just deserts; to watch a bird fight is the same cruelty as a dog fight or any kind of aniamil cruelty. It is poetic in a way, though I do pray for the comfort of his surviving family, if any. This is one case of the bird getting revenge on those who tormented it as a fighter.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 7:43pmI say, I say, my name is Foghorn Leghorn, and you killed my father, prepare to die.
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 7:43pmHa! Abused animal karma. No need to call ICE for this guy.
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 7:45pmSnow,
I know what you are saying, I feel bad (guilty) about my…glee even…of this death. But we both know that we will all die eventually. It was his time and he died in the foolishness that was his life. I really cannot feel any sorrow or pity for him. But I agree that we should pray for his surviving family and friends.
What a stupid way to go…
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 7:49pmFor Grandmaof5 (when you see this)
Saw your earlier post with what to do with Pelosi and agree completely.
Letting you know an update of events – mother is better, still complaining like a wet badger over her hand and my friend is okay, she is tumor free yet still deaf in her one ear. Computer now is set for the internet, and free of the progressive wannabees in the lab.
God I LOVE it today!!!
Report Post »anOpinion
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 7:49pmLive by the knife wielding chicken, Die by the knife wielding chicken
Report Post »8jrts
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 7:53pmGot some of what he deserved….would love to do to the people what they do to the animals they torture….just a taste of what they put an animal through might change their minds for future cruelty.
Report Post »I really have no empathy for those people.
cheezwhiz
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 8:04pmCalif. Man Fatally Stabbed During Cockfighting Match
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Oh so it was in Tulare county ?
OK.
It would have been funnier in SF
;-)
home_of_the_brave
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 8:20pmKarma coming back to bite errr stab you.
Report Post »Waltermelon
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 8:21pmI went to a chicken fight many years ago just out of cultural curiosity, and was sickened by what I saw.
They were using long sharp curved pins instead of blades, which is still very brutal, and lightning fast. I witnessed a man try to revive his rooster by sticking its whole head in his mouth and sucking and spitting the blood out trying to clear the lungs. I saw another drunk man crying because his rooster lost and was killed. There were sheriff deputies in the crowd making bets with the rest of the drunken natives. I was definitely out of my element, and instead of satisfying some kind of cultural curiosity, I was culturally shocked.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 8:28pmDouble good!
(1) Check his name? Illegal alien?
(2) Been busted before about it.
Good for the rooster!
Report Post »Frank Lee Trickey
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 8:47pmHaha, whats wrong with killing chickens, I think they taste good. Why does everyone watch the nature show that shows babies zebras getting eaten and think its okay for national Geographic to make money from it, but a chicken dies in a bet and people should be killed for it?
Report Post »CatB
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 9:11pmKarma!
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 9:40pmMaybe the chickens had seen Braveheart….”Freedom, bawk, bawk”
Report Post »GeauxAlready
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 9:54pm.
Report Post »Not the first time this has happened……But the question is did the Bird win the Fight?
Frank Lee Trickey
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 10:09pm@Harold and Kumar go to White Castle, “Freedom, bawk,bawk” that was pretty funny.
Report Post »Xcori8r
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 10:13pmThey should have the after funeral dinner at a KFC.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 10:16pmIf they creamated the guy, I wonder if the Rooster wanted a leg or a breast.
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 10:20pmonly morons attend a **** fight…ummm apparently this is true…
Report Post »Xcori8r
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 10:31pmOl‘ Jose’s up at that big animal abuse carival in the sky. Right up there with Rarl Riptoe of Yazoo County who go shot at a dog fight.
http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=13933288
Don’t know which of the 100 dogs there did the shooting.
You just can’t make this stuff up.
Report Post »missionarydad
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 10:33pmI am not trying to be disagreeable here, as on most things I see things pretty much the same way as most people that regularly contribute on here. No matter what a lowlife this guy was, we are still talking about a human life and yes what he done is despicable, but he still is a human and if we are going to get our countries morals back, and put and end to all these abortions we need to start valuing human life and stop being so callous. The last time I checked the penalty for cockfighting is not the death penalty. Yeah he probably did get what he deserved, but all of us have made mistakes and many of us are lucky we did not get what we deserved. Jesus really mean’t it when he said let the first among you without sin cast the first stone. Do not get me wrong there are people who have really committed some gruesome offenses that I would be willing to pull the switch myself on. But honestly if this was one of your loved ones who died because of stupidity like this would you really be glad he died?
Report Post »HillBillySam1
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 11:14pmBarney Frank was seen leaving the vicinity…..but for a completely different reason……apparently, he misunderstood the event that was to take place…..
Report Post »GeauxAlready
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 11:30pm.
@HillBillySam1
That’s just Nasty. I had to wash my eyes after reading that!
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 12:02amWho ever said that there is NO JUSTICE? Boy, were they ever wrong, huh?
Report Post »1TrueOne55
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 12:28amBible principle proved again. You reap what you sow. It even falls under the umbrella of the Budhist rule of Karma baby Karma. Killed by the animal that he recklessly killed for profit.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 12:41amI hope it hurt
Report Post »LUDWIKA BRONISLAWA
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 12:48amNow now, we can’t blame them, it‘s part of their ’culture’…..ya know, like Michael Vick. Here’s the sarcasm
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burkanuck
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 5:16amTalk about poetic justice.
Report Post »Mallard1979
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 10:08amYou people are so wrong millions of chickens killed daily by electrified wate. some people still raise
Report Post »Them to eat you want to know how we kill them. The roosters at these event
Are eaten. My point human life is not valued over a rooster go eat
Another chicken and choke
bluethebuilder
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 11:07pmwhy do all these people say “Good”, or “he got what he deserves” about a stupid chicken, the chicken has the brain the size of just a few b.bs, and they love to fight any way… so!.. what about the women that kill their human babies through abortion, i would think they would deserve to die before a chicken killer..
Report Post »Freedomisslavery
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 7:43amHahahahaha…I could not stop laughing when I heard this.
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