ROOSTER FIGHTING

=== Americas ===

==== Cuba ====
Cockfighting is a popular activity in Cuba. It is a seasonal sport, held only during the coolest months of the year (November to April). Cocks are not ready to fight and their plumage moults during the warmest months (May to October).

In Cuba the tradition is to fix detachable natural (non-artificial) spurs to both legs of the fighting cocks. Before fixing the detachable spurs, the natural spurs should be trimmed, leaving a trunk not longer than 3 millimeters. The final length of the detached spurs ranks from 22 to 25 millimeters according to the relevance of the match.

Cockfights are held in a round arena commonly called ''valla'', surrounded by a small fence around which the spectators are accommodated.

Comb and wattles should be previously trimmed but feathers should not be necessarily groomed as well, although tradition imposes an extensive feather trimming. The feathers of the chest, hackle and thighs are generally shorn completely off. The reasons for this vary among individual game fowl enthusiasts (see also [[Gamecock]]).

Cocks should have a weight within the rank of 50–69 [[Spanish customary units|Castilian Ounces]] (2300–3180 grams) to be admitted.

The combatants are strictly paired up to fight according to their body weight. The allowed difference in weight between the contenders ranks from half to one ounce (14–29 grams) according to the body weight.

Fights are limited to a single round of 30 minutes, but statistics show that more than 50% of the fights end within the first five minutes.

Persons who are proved to be betting are severely punished by a temporary or permanent expulsion from the tournaments and a prohibition to participate in further matches, name="pupo">Agustín Pupo Domenech, El Gallo Fino Cubano, 151 pp. Editorial SI-MAR, S.A., La Habana, Cuba 1995.

==== Mexico ====
:Mexico cockfight (cropped).jpg|thumb|A cockfight in Mexico, ca. 1913]]
Cockfighting in Mexico has been taking place for over a hundred years. In [[Aguascalientes]], a state capital, one of the city's principal concert halls is the cockfighting arena, the ''palenque''. Palenques are very common throughout the country, with almost every major city having one, and are closely related to Mexican traditional music performers, such as Vicente Fernández, and also being (as mentioned below) the stage for pop artists as well. During the [[Feria Nacional de San Marcos|San Marcos Fair]], well known throughout Mexico, cockfights alternate with important concerts, where the singers or dancers perform from the cockpit. Many popular singers have performed there.

==== Peru ====
[[File:Gallonavajeroperuano.jpg|thumb|Cockfight in [[Lima]], Peru]]
In Peru, cockfighting is allowed and it takes place in coliseums with round sand fields. Only a judge and two managers each carrying a cock are allowed in the field. Judges use tables to facilitate the refereeing of fights.

Cockfighting championships of Peru are of two kinds, Beak and Spur. The Peruvian Razor Rooster ('Gallo Navajero Peruano') features in Spur fights. In Spur fights the weight and size of the rooster varies. There are free weight championships as well.

The most important cockfighting championships take place in the [[Lima Region]] at the Coliseums Sandia, Rosedal, Abraham Wong, The Peruvian Cockfighting Circle's Coliseum and The Valentino, of the Rooster Breeders' Association of Peru.

==== Brazil ====

Cockfighting, known in Brazil as ''rinha de galos'' ("baiting the rooster"), was banned in 1934 with the help of President [[Getúlio Vargas]] through Brazil's 1934 constitution, passed on 16 July. Based on the recognition of animals in the Constitution, a Brazilian Supreme Court ruling resulted in the ban of animal related activities that involve claimed "animal suffering such as cockfighting, and a tradition practiced in southern Brazil, known as 'Farra do Boi' (the Oxen Festival)|title=Overview of Brazil's Legal Structure for Animal Issues – Lane Azevedo Clayton – Animal Legal & Historical Center .
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