roosters
Texas man shoots his own uncle dead in fight over two pet roosters: cops
A Texas man was charged with capital murder after he allegedly fatally shot his uncle after the two got into a spat over who owned two roosters.
Noisy pet rooster ruffles feathers in the Hamptons with pre-dawn crowing -- with one resident reporting it as 'harassment'
Neighbors in the Hamptons have been duking it out in a wild, months-long feud over a noisy rooster — with one side squawking that the bird constantly wakes him and...
Dear Abby: I don't like my brother's fiancé enough to be his best man
Dear Abby counsels a man who thinks his brother is settling in marriage, an overworked mother of adult children and a woman looking to adopt a new neighborhood-wide alarm clock.
Brazilian farmer's giant rooster hobby hatches into profitable business
BRASILIA, Sept 13 - When farmer Rubens Braz started breeding Brazilian chickens, he had no idea how big the operation - or the birds - would get. Some twenty years...
Roaming rooster captured by cops in lower Manhattan
A feisty all-white rooster ruffled feathers Wednesday when he was spotted strutting his stuff on the streets of lower Manhattan — prompting cops to cart him away in a box.
Our pet rooster attacked my child — so we had chicken nuggets for dinner
"Well, it finally happened," Magan Schmidt wrote. "Our mean ole backyard rooster, HeiHei, attacked the baby child!!"
2 men killed by knife-wielding roosters -- in separate fights
Two men were killed by knife-wielding roosters in separate freak cockfighting mishaps in India this week, according to news reports. Both men -- an unlucky spectator and the owner of...
Neighbors' wild feud over dead rooster goes viral: 'He called the chicken police'
A feud between Florida neighbors over a dead rooster has gone viral over the accused chicken killer's excuse for the slaughter -- that he was acting in self-defense. James Nix,...
Seven arrested in Alabama for operating major cockfighting ring
The defendants operated a cockfighting arena with seating for 150 spectators around several different fighting pits beginning in 2018, according to a federal indictment.
Letters to the Editor — Oct. 10, 2021
New York Post readers sound off on Auschwitz bigotry; reform truths; polluters’ free pass and rooster terror in NYC.
'Evil' rooster terrorizes Queens neighborhood, attacking residents
An “evil,” blood-thirsty rooster is terrorizing a Queens neighborhood along with his cock-y crew, according to a victim who ran "a-fowl" of the vicious bird this week.
Man stabbed to death by rooster after attaching knife to its leg
An Indian man was stabbed to death by his own rooster after he attached a 3-inch knife to its leg for an illegal cockfight, police said Sunday. Thangulla Satish, 45,...
Joyful moment police reunite stolen rooster with family
Police bodycam footage shows Emma Reichert overjoyed to be reunited with her pet rooster, Fred, in Oviedo, Florida. According to the police report, the beloved rooster was stolen by a...
Cock-a-doodle dead: Police chief killed by rooster trying to break up bird fight
A police chief in the Philippines was killed by a rooster in a freak accident during a raid to break up an illegal cockfight -- when the fighting bird's blade...
Roosters, farm animals and monkeys, oh my: New Yorkers going bananas over illegal pets
Roosters are ruffling the feathers of New Yorkers more than ever. But monkeys are driving the Big Apple bananas too. From Jan. 1 through Sept. 15, the city 311 hotline...
Thousands of roosters rescued from alleged cockfighting ring at California ranch
California authorities recovered up to 3,000 roosters that were believed to be used in an illegal cockfighting ring on a multi-acre ranch. Several hundred livestock animals in “various states of...
Fowl find: Bronx pill mill raid turns up apparent fighting birds
Authorities raided a Bronx pill mill and found nearly 50 chickens and roosters suspected to be bred for illegal cockfighting, officials said. Jeison Lebron, 28, and Alfredo Goris, 27, were...
'Lucifer made me do it': Man gouges neighbor's eyes out over loud rooster
A West Virginia man allegedly gouged out his neighbor's eyes after an argument over a loud rooster, authorities said. Richard Wayne Ellison, 47, of the town Rock, has been charged...
Woman pecked to death by aggressive rooster
On the heels of a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about backyard chickens spreading illness to people in 49 states comes a harrowing tale about...
This 'a--hole' rooster needs a new home
Take my rooster, please! A fed-up woman from Michigan is giving away her “a--hole” rooster for free – because he wakes her up every morning at the crack of dawn....