Gamecock | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-22

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockfight


00:01:38 1 Process
00:02:15 2 History
00:04:53 3 Regional variations
00:06:00 3.1 Americas
00:06:08 3.1.1 Cuba
00:06:33 3.1.2 Mexico
00:07:02 3.1.3 Peru
00:07:30 3.1.4 Brazil
00:08:15 3.2 Asia
00:09:12 3.2.1 India
00:11:13 3.2.2 Indonesia
00:12:37 3.2.3 Iraq
00:13:02 3.2.4 Japan
00:13:25 3.2.5 Pakistan
00:14:09 3.2.6 Philippines
00:15:54 4 Other bird species
00:16:09 5 Legal status
00:16:19 5.1 Americas
00:16:27 5.1.1 Costa Rica
00:17:05 5.1.2 Cuba
00:19:08 5.1.3 Dominican Republic
00:19:59 5.1.4 United States
00:22:57 5.2 Asia
00:23:05 5.2.1 India
00:23:29 5.2.2 Philippines
00:24:11 5.3 Australia
00:24:25 5.4 Europe
00:24:33 5.4.1 France
00:25:17 5.4.2 Spain
00:25:49 5.4.3 United Kingdom
00:26:35 5.5 New Zealand
00:26:53 6 In popular culture
00:27:33 6.1 In music
00:28:11 6.2 In visual arts
00:30:32 6.3 In literature
00:31:22 6.4 In martial arts
00:31:41 6.5 In video games
00:32:07 7 See also



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SUMMARY
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A cockfight is a blood sport between two cocks, or gamecocks, held in a ring called a cockpit. The history of raising fowl for fighting goes back 6,000 years. The first documented use of the word gamecock, denoting use of the cock as to a "game", a sport, pastime or entertainment, was recorded in 1634, after the term "cock of the game" used by George Wilson, in the earliest known book on the sport of cockfighting in The Commendation of Cocks and Cock Fighting in 1607. But it was during Magellan's voyage of discovery of the Philippines in 1521 when modern cockfighting was first witnessed and documented by Antonio Pigafetta, Magellan's chronicler, in the kingdom of Taytay.
The combatants, referred to as gamecocks (not to be confused with game birds), are specially bred and conditioned for increased stamina and strength. Male and female chickens of such a breed are referred to as game fowl.
Cocks possess congenital aggression toward all males of the same species. Wagers are often made on the outcome of the match.
Cockfighting is a blood sport due in some part to the physical trauma the cocks inflict on each other, which is sometimes increased by attaching metal spurs to the cocks' natural spurs. While not all fights are to the death, the cocks may endure significant physical trauma. In some areas around the world, cockfighting is still practiced as a mainstream event; in some countries it is regulated by law, or forbidden outright. Advocates of the "age old sport" often list cultural and religious relevance as reasons for perpetuation of cockfighting as a sport.