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Troy Thompson raises 2,000 to 3,000 roosters annually on his farm in Oklahoma. The birds are tethered to "teepees" when they're five to six months old. "If these aren't penned up, you know, they're going to fight out in the wild to the death. And that's why we have to separate them like we do here," Thompson said.

217 Today: Raising roosters is big business. Now a push to ease penalties for cockfighting is ruffling feathers

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