It is also because it is an uninterrupted local tradition that the penal code still authorizes it to Martinique, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Reunion, Polynesia and Hauts de France. On the other hand, another article, the 521-1 of the same penal code stipulates: "prohibition to create new gallodromes". The fine planned for non -allowed Gallodromes is 30,000 euros, accompanied by a prison sentence. What to think about!
In the Antilles, the Gallodrome is called Pitt. About twenty still survives Martinique. Often managed from father to son, less and less economically interesting, more than one hundred and forty pitts have closed their doors and returned the gallinaceae to their farmyard.
Coq's fight is ancestral, coming from Asia, where it is always practiced elsewhere. Leisure loved by the Greeks and the Romans, he conquered the world. Great Britain, Ireland, Spain, Flemish Belgium gathered around the arenas, or Pit, as a pit in English, to see two roosters fight to speak about it to speak political. The English imported it into the United States, the Portuguese in Brazil, the Spaniards in Latin America and the Antilles.
The rooster, emblem of France, resembles man. He walks on his two legs, protects his own, even hers, proudly carries and defends his territory. Some even say that the fighting was organized to solve problems between two men, without these having to suffer. Everyone launched their rooster, a kind of extension of themselves, to attack their opponent.
The shell, or coq coache, chooses its roosters. From birth, male chicks are put aside, five months later, they are definitively out of the common aviary and then, isolated so that they do not fight with each other. The rooster is instinctively braking. They are considered to be high -level athletes, having, among other things, a neat diet. The shell lead them in combat, muscles, runs them. He also massages them! Each morning, the rooster bathes and then dries in the sun before being massaged by its shell with a rum -based balm. Around eight months, the rooster fights for the first time, to see if the hull can make him a champion. Second training fight a few two months later, and so on, more and more, until the first official fight. During these training sessions, everything went through the professional. During these fights, the lugs are protected so that they do not injure themselves. No need to train champions and give them to pasture!
There are three kinds of combat roosters in Martinique: Bankiva rooster or "Gros-Sirop", dark red, the Cendré rooster with white and black feathers, Madras, orange. According to his victories, a rooster can sell up to 10,000 euros.
And there are three kinds of fights: speed, endurance and a mix of both. The first reward the rooster, armed with a steel ergot, which strikes first. Generally, these last only a few minutes, time for one of the opponents to fly over the other rooster and hurt it. Endurance fights are rather like boxing fights. The lug is covered with fabric or coupe. If the opponent falls ko or backs up twice, the other animal has won. The third kind of fight is made with a natural lug. The rooster can hurt and must last as long as possible. Note that in Martinique, the fight has no resulting the death of one of the two roosters. On the other hand, it allows bettors to lose and win
the combat rooster weighs between 1 and 6 kilos. Of course, as in boxing, he fights against opponents of his weight. Sometimes the toilet shell the feathers to make him win the few grams that will make him the king of his category.
Of course, the rooster fight, although legislated since July 31, 2015, has, like bullfighting, its opponents. Breeding practices, the fight in itself, the cup of ergots, and all other drifts are highlighted by animal defenders. They also denounce the very conditions of combat: around the arena, gather spectators, bettors and curious. The atmosphere is quickly overheated, the lights lively, the intense noise. The rooster is thus found in an unknown, stressful universe, facing one of its fellows. Corticosterone is a hormone that human and volatile have. If in the former, they have little impact on behavior, although, on the other hand, in roosters, it has a major influence on aggressiveness. The arrival in an unknown, noisy, very enlightened place, increases its stress, leading to a strong secretion of corticosterone and thereby, its desire, its need to fight.
The future of rooster fights? Between the associations of defense of the animal condition which are heard more and more and the economic aspect of the profession which tends to lean ... one can think that the time of the shell fights will be finished soon. That said, it is better to respect the rules that rules that wild battles where the interest in the gallinaceous will only be financial.
Our shots were taken by @Greeneyes in St Pierre au Pitt despite everything '.
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