Forced to fight, Moon's toes were broken and cut off, and his eye was also injured. He was then kept as a breeder bird so he could make more baby birds who would also be fought like he had been.
Moon...
Moon was used in bloody cockfighting where he had to fight for his life so
people could make bets on him and win money. His toes were broken and cut
off, and his eye was also injured. He was then kept as a breeder bird so he
could make more baby birds that would also be fought like he had been.
Authorities stormed the property where Moon and 299 other birds lived, not
to save Moon and his many friends, but to search for a shooting suspect on
the property. What was found was hundreds of birds used for fighting and
breeding, copious amounts of crystal meth and paraphernalia used during
cockfights like "gaffs" which are weapons that are strapped to the legs of
roosters in a fight.
Moon was lucky. Most of the time, when birds are seized from cockfighting
and game farm operations, the birds are killed. Due to our diligence in
educating animal control workers and those involved in cockfighting busts,
we've been able to prevent hundreds and hundreds of birds just like Moon
from being euthanized.
Moon is a gentle bird. His partner, Star, is a feisty white hen and she's
lovely also. Once, Moon took one of Star's eggs and tucked it under himself
so he could try and hatch it. He gave up after a few days, but the gesture
was as perfect as any mother hen could do.
At night, Moon and Star perch up in their shade sail, and we have to scoop
them up and close them inside their coop where they are safe from the
elements and predators. Moon announces his time to be scooped up as if he's
receiving a treat! Roosters do a special call when announcing goodies to
hens, and this is the same sound Moon makes when he gets to be held.
Help us continue to break the myths that birds used for cockfighting are
aggressive and dangerous, when the opposite is actually true.
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