Philippine Cock Fighting

To those many outside observers, cockfighting or "sabong" in Filipino, is an intensely cruel and bloody form of sport. Filipino cocks or roosters only can live to fight once or twice in an event before death or injuries that will retire them from the sport.

Many of the Filipino men find it hard to resist this sport because it provides an allure and enchantment to them. For some, watching cocks fight gives them the thrill of the blood sport that provides all the excitement. And for the majority, the reason why they are obsessed simply because of the betting that draws them to this blood dirty sport.

Cockfighting in the Philippines is legal though it is frowned upon in modern society. From the period that cockfighting was introduced in the country it became one of the most famous game sports all over the Philippines. The sport is not limit to just poorer sections of the society, it also has a huge place among the well known personalities in the Philippine industry. These people includes the former speaker of house of representatives Ramon Mitra and Rodolfo Albano together with their escorts, the house majority leader and also the siblings of the previous President Corazon Cojuanco Aquino. And a lot of  local officials and governors, congressmen are into this sport.

There are two breed of birds used for Philippine cockfighting; the native breed which is use by the poorer section of the society and the rich people normally import their breeds.

How This Sport Works?

1887 Cockfighting is already published in a novel and it was described as a popular activity and it was even more widespread than opium-smoking among Chinese. The arena where the fights happen is called the "cockpit" or "sabungan". The people who can afford to have some money Mga Sunoy, does a lot of efforts to train the cocks in agressity. If the rooster wins, the owner earns a lot of money and those people who just visit the fight and put their money on the winning cock. As the cocks are fighting , cocks wears razor blades fixed on their legs. The fight will only end if the death of one takes place.