Texans’ Kareem Jackson attends the cockfights, and tweets about it. Genius!

PETA is scrambling its fighter jets — this is not a drill! — and Roger Goodell is ripping out his hair Three Stooges-style at the latest Twitter photos from Kareem Jackson. Seems that the Houston Texans’ defensive back took a vacation to the Dominican recently, and, you know, when in Rome …

“My first time ever seeing chicken fight till the death it was crazy… “

“Look at all these people that be at these chicken fights, you would think its a college football game.”

Yes, I know what you’re thinking: Calling it the “chicken fight” is unforgivable. But I’m sure the NFL, and the Texans, are frustrated with this for entirely different reasons.

On the surface, Texans cornerback Kareem Jackson did nothing wrong. He was on vacation in the Dominican. He went to the beach, to clubs, doing all the things young affluent men could and should do.

Then, he attended cockfighting … and started Tweeting about it.

Dumb, dumb, dumb. There is no excuse for an NFL player to be so ignorant that he actually flaunts inhumane treatment to animals — no matter the context.

The Texans say they have no comment, noting that cockfighting is legal in the Dominican. But someone’s not happy, because Jackson, after deleting his cockfighting tweets, has apparently taken down his entire Twitter account. UPDATE: It’s back up, but he’s deleted all the cockfighting tweets.

You know, some say that there’s too much emphasis in the media on the Michael Vick situation. But here’s proof that, perhaps, there isn’t enough. The public is not in the mood for pro athletes engaging in animal abuse. And if you don’t believe me, ask this Colombian soccer player. And all he did was kick an owl.

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Texans’ Kareem Jackson Tweets Cockfighting Photos [CBS Houston]