# People stage dogfights, cockfights, even fish fights, why not cat fights? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 19, 2006, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-stage-dogfights-cockfights-even-fish-fights-why-not-cat-fights/384741 "2006-12-19T04:14:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-stage-dogfights-cockfights-even-fish-fights-why-not-cat-fights/384741/21 "2006-12-19T22:28:56Z")
:mad: They take the little kitties, 10, 12 weeks old…_and they jug-gle them for mo-ney! La Cu-ca-raaa-cha La Cu-ca-raaachaaa…_ ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-stage-dogfights-cockfights-even-fish-fights-why-not-cat-fights/384741/22 "2006-12-19T22:36:40Z")
_'woops!"_ ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-stage-dogfights-cockfights-even-fish-fights-why-not-cat-fights/384741/23 "2006-12-19T22:45:57Z")
Hey, some people juggle geese. Goslings. They were juggled! ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-stage-dogfights-cockfights-even-fish-fights-why-not-cat-fights/384741/24 "2006-12-19T22:56:31Z")
People do indeed stage cat fighting. I give you: [Ultimate Fighting Cats!](http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/ultimate-cat-fighting.html) Joe Rogan’s commentary is spot on! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-stage-dogfights-cockfights-even-fish-fights-why-not-cat-fights/384741/25 "2006-12-19T23:14:28Z")
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**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-stage-dogfights-cockfights-even-fish-fights-why-not-cat-fights/384741/26 "2006-12-20T01:38:53Z")
[QUOTE=Enola Straight] How about monkey fights? [/QUOTE] Ah, the simple joy of a monkey knife fight. “Furious George! What have they done to your beautiful face?” ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-stage-dogfights-cockfights-even-fish-fights-why-not-cat-fights/384741/27 "2006-12-20T18:28:45Z")
[QUOTE=DiosaBellissima] I was over at a friend of a friend’s house and I noticed that they had pitbulls (pretty ones, but big ones that were left out in a this horrible dirty pen in the back yard) and oodles of really pissed off sounding, half their feathers missing roosters. Thinking the worst, I casually asked friend of the friend’s dad what the roosters are for. He happily informed me that he fights them and that’s how they make the payments on their new car. I then asked about the pitbulls, he laughed and said that of course he fights them- he’s got the meanest dogs on the city. Now I’m a dog lover-- well an animal lover- so I’m sure my disgust was terribly evident. I then said, “Don’t you feel bad about hurting the dogs and roosters?” He just laughed and said they’re only animals. He then went on to tell me how they fight cats too- they tie the tails together (I don’t know if the actual tails are tied together or if they tie them with something) and then hang the cats over a pole. In what I can only assume is fear for their lives and panic, the cats fight. My friend’s friend said most of them just die. It’s not really a money thing, it’s an entertainment thing. After learning that, I brought up the question of fighting cats to various people and apparently it’s a big deal around this town. Animal control has had to go to insane lengths as far as adopting cats out, because people are using them to fight. Oh and needless to say, I left soon after our discussion about fighting animals. From my car that was parked in front of their house, I called the police and explained everything I saw. All of the animals were taken away and the family was fined. I can’t remember if dad got jail time. [/QUOTE] Yep. Sorry I asked. You really should just move to LA. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-stage-dogfights-cockfights-even-fish-fights-why-not-cat-fights/384741/28 "2006-12-21T03:51:14Z")
What about sloth fights? The way it works, you see, is, you get two tree sloths and hop them up with coke and acid and crystal meth and PCP . . . and even then, you have to sit down and wait . . . ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-stage-dogfights-cockfights-even-fish-fights-why-not-cat-fights/384741/29 "2006-12-21T04:08:16Z")
[QUOTE=Asimovian] I seriously hate to ask you this, but where have you heard about such an awful idea? Who does this? [/QUOTE] Happens all the time. [Cite](http://wordsmith.org/words/kilkenny_cats.html). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-stage-dogfights-cockfights-even-fish-fights-why-not-cat-fights/384741/30 "2006-12-21T04:27:14Z")
Hell, when my cats fight, they often end up bathing each other when they get too tired. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-stage-dogfights-cockfights-even-fish-fights-why-not-cat-fights/384741/31 "2006-12-21T04:31:00Z")
[QUOTE=robardin] Ah, the simple joy of a monkey knife fight. “Furious George! What have they done to your beautiful face?” [/QUOTE] MOE: He ain’t pretty no more! ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-stage-dogfights-cockfights-even-fish-fights-why-not-cat-fights/384741/32 "2006-12-21T15:26:33Z")
[QUOTE=DiosaBellissima] … they tie the tails together (I don’t know if the actual tails are tied together or if they tie them with something) [/QUOTE] :eek: that’s one perverse Pink Panther episode. I can’t imagine an animal tail bending the way it would take to make a knot strong enough to hold its own weight. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-stage-dogfights-cockfights-even-fish-fights-why-not-cat-fights/384741.md?page=1)