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Gold, Glory, and Death – Cockfighting in the Philippines

Cockfighting is no peaceful Sunday stroll through the chicken coop. It is a blood-pumping cultural spectacle where a spectator’s heart rate can rise almost as quickly as the stakes. Cockfighting, locally known as sabong, is not merely a strange relic of darker times in which animals were made to fight for human amusement. It is…