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The Death of the Cockfighters

Carlos Dews revisits the world of cockfighting – now illegal – of his youth

Carlos Dews was brought up in a poor area of rural east Texas, travelling every weekend to cockfighting tournaments across the southern states. β€œI remember,” he says, β€œlimp necks and the lifeless swaying heads of beautiful birds as they were carried by their feet to barrels for burning. I was told not to cry, not to remember these things. But we always remember what we’re told to forget.”

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