[buwaya]

This is one of the worlds most ancient sports.
Invented in South East Asia thousands of years ago.
Long enough ago to have played a role in the domestication of the chicken.

When looking at a cockfight in the Philippines for instance, close as it is to the origin of the sport, its an emotional wrench to see those old farmers keeping their pet birds with such care and affection, and then sacrificing them to fortune. It should be a little awe inspiring to think of the extreme age of this custom, extending into distant prehistory. Untold generations have passed this down.

[nevadapatriot]

Such is the life of a Sabongero. Winners walk away with the winning bird and the vanquished, losers walk away empty handed. Unless they bet against themself

[ASA Vet]

My former father-in-law had two fighting cocks. He had rubber spurs so when he let them fight each other they couldn't really hurt each other. They never fought in a ring. He babied them, they were his pets.