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  • The tail of a Giant Sperm Whale appears above the water as the whale dives..  The whale is viewed from a Whale Watch boat. Whale Watch is New Zealand's only marine-based whale watching company offering visitors an exciting up-close encounter with the Giant Sperm Whales at all times of the year and is one of New Zealand's star attractions. Whale Watch scheduled tours operate daily from the town of Kaikoura , two and a half-hours  north of Christchurch in New Zealand's South Island. Kaikoura  has lush pastures and towering, snow covered peaks that fall to the sea. Offshore a deep undersea canyon combines with unusual sea currents to attract an extraordinary abundance of marine life, the most famous being the Sperm Whale. Whale Watch, Kaikoura, New Zealand, 15th February 2011, Photo Tim Clayton.
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  • A Sperm Whale blows water out of it's blow hole while breathing on the surface before diving. The whale is viewed from a Whale Watch boat. Whale Watch is New Zealand's only marine-based whale watching company offering visitors an exciting up-close encounter with the Giant Sperm Whales at all times of the year and is one of New Zealand's star attractions. Whale Watch scheduled tours operate daily from the town of Kaikoura , two and a half-hours  north of Christchurch in New Zealand's South Island. Kaikoura  has lush pastures and towering, snow covered peaks that fall to the sea. Offshore a deep undersea canyon combines with unusual sea currents to attract an extraordinary abundance of marine life, the most famous being the Sperm Whale. Whale Watch, Kaikoura, New Zealand, 15th February 2011, Photo Tim Clayton.
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  • The tail of a Giant Sperm Whale appears above the water as the whale dives..  The whale is viewed from a Whale Watch boat. Whale Watch is New Zealand's only marine-based whale watching company offering visitors an exciting up-close encounter with the Giant Sperm Whales at all times of the year and is one of New Zealand's star attractions. Whale Watch scheduled tours operate daily from the town of Kaikoura , two and a half-hours  north of Christchurch in New Zealand's South Island. Kaikoura  has lush pastures and towering, snow covered peaks that fall to the sea. Offshore a deep undersea canyon combines with unusual sea currents to attract an extraordinary abundance of marine life, the most famous being the Sperm Whale. Whale Watch, Kaikoura, New Zealand, 15th February 2011, Photo Tim Clayton.
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  • The tail of a Giant Sperm Whale appears above the water as the whale dives..  The whale is viewed from a Whale Watch boat. Whale Watch is New Zealand's only marine-based whale watching company offering visitors an exciting up-close encounter with the Giant Sperm Whales at all times of the year and is one of New Zealand's star attractions. Whale Watch scheduled tours operate daily from the town of Kaikoura , two and a half-hours  north of Christchurch in New Zealand's South Island. Kaikoura  has lush pastures and towering, snow covered peaks that fall to the sea. Offshore a deep undersea canyon combines with unusual sea currents to attract an extraordinary abundance of marine life, the most famous being the Sperm Whale. Whale Watch, Kaikoura, New Zealand, 15th February 2011, Photo Tim Clayton.
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  • A Whale Watch boat full of tourists viewing the Giant Sperm Whales off the coast of Kaikoura..Whale Watch is New Zealand's only marine-based whale watching company offering visitors an exciting up-close encounter with the Giant Sperm Whales at all times of the year and is one of New Zealand's star attractions. Whale Watch scheduled tours operate daily from the town of Kaikoura , two and a half-hours  north of Christchurch in New Zealand's South Island. Kaikoura  has lush pastures and towering, snow covered peaks that fall to the sea. Offshore a deep undersea canyon combines with unusual sea currents to attract an extraordinary abundance of marine life, the most famous being the Sperm Whale. Whale Watch, Kaikoura, New Zealand, 15th February 2011, Photo Tim Clayton.
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  • The tail of a Giant Sperm Whale appears above the water as the whale dives..  The whale is viewed from a Whale Watch boat. Whale Watch is New Zealand's only marine-based whale watching company offering visitors an exciting up-close encounter with the Giant Sperm Whales at all times of the year and is one of New Zealand's star attractions. Whale Watch scheduled tours operate daily from the town of Kaikoura , two and a half-hours  north of Christchurch in New Zealand's South Island. Kaikoura  has lush pastures and towering, snow covered peaks that fall to the sea. Offshore a deep undersea canyon combines with unusual sea currents to attract an extraordinary abundance of marine life, the most famous being the Sperm Whale. Whale Watch, Kaikoura, New Zealand, 15th February 2011, Photo Tim Clayton.
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  • The tail of a Giant Sperm Whale appears above the water as the whale dives..  The whale is viewed from a Whale Watch boat. Whale Watch is New Zealand's only marine-based whale watching company offering visitors an exciting up-close encounter with the Giant Sperm Whales at all times of the year and is one of New Zealand's star attractions. Whale Watch scheduled tours operate daily from the town of Kaikoura , two and a half-hours  north of Christchurch in New Zealand's South Island. Kaikoura  has lush pastures and towering, snow covered peaks that fall to the sea. Offshore a deep undersea canyon combines with unusual sea currents to attract an extraordinary abundance of marine life, the most famous being the Sperm Whale. Whale Watch, Kaikoura, New Zealand, 15th February 2011, Photo Tim Clayton.
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  • A Sperm Whale blows water out of it's blow hole while breathing on the surface before diving.  The whale is viewed from a Whale Watch boat. Whale Watch is New Zealand's only marine-based whale watching company offering visitors an exciting up-close encounter with the Giant Sperm Whales at all times of the year and is one of New Zealand's star attractions. Whale Watch scheduled tours operate daily from the town of Kaikoura , two and a half-hours  north of Christchurch in New Zealand's South Island. Kaikoura  has lush pastures and towering, snow covered peaks that fall to the sea. Offshore a deep undersea canyon combines with unusual sea currents to attract an extraordinary abundance of marine life, the most famous being the Sperm Whale. Whale Watch, Kaikoura, New Zealand, 15th February 2011, Photo Tim Clayton.
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  • A Whale Watch boat full of tourists viewing the Giant Sperm Whales off the coast of Kaikoura..Whale Watch is New Zealand's only marine-based whale watching company offering visitors an exciting up-close encounter with the Giant Sperm Whales at all times of the year and is one of New Zealand's star attractions. Whale Watch scheduled tours operate daily from the town of Kaikoura , two and a half-hours  north of Christchurch in New Zealand's South Island. Kaikoura  has lush pastures and towering, snow covered peaks that fall to the sea. Offshore a deep undersea canyon combines with unusual sea currents to attract an extraordinary abundance of marine life, the most famous being the Sperm Whale. Whale Watch, Kaikoura, New Zealand, 15th February 2011, Photo Tim Clayton.
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  • The hump of a Giant Sperm Whale appears above the water as the whale dives. The whale is viewed from a Whale Watch boat. Whale Watch is New Zealand's only marine-based whale watching company offering visitors an exciting up-close encounter with the Giant Sperm Whales at all times of the year and is one of New Zealand's star attractions. Whale Watch scheduled tours operate daily from the town of Kaikoura , two and a half-hours  north of Christchurch in New Zealand's South Island. Kaikoura  has lush pastures and towering, snow covered peaks that fall to the sea. Offshore a deep undersea canyon combines with unusual sea currents to attract an extraordinary abundance of marine life, the most famous being the Sperm Whale. Whale Watch, Kaikoura, New Zealand, 15th February 2011, Photo Tim Clayton.
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  • A Whale Watch boat full of tourists viewing the Giant Sperm Whales off the coast of Kaikoura..Whale Watch is New Zealand's only marine-based whale watching company offering visitors an exciting up-close encounter with the Giant Sperm Whales at all times of the year and is one of New Zealand's star attractions. Whale Watch scheduled tours operate daily from the town of Kaikoura , two and a half-hours  north of Christchurch in New Zealand's South Island. Kaikoura  has lush pastures and towering, snow covered peaks that fall to the sea. Offshore a deep undersea canyon combines with unusual sea currents to attract an extraordinary abundance of marine life, the most famous being the Sperm Whale. Whale Watch, Kaikoura, New Zealand, 15th February 2011, Photo Tim Clayton.
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  • A Whale Watch boat full of tourists viewing the Giant Sperm Whales off the coast of Kaikoura..Whale Watch is New Zealand's only marine-based whale watching company offering visitors an exciting up-close encounter with the Giant Sperm Whales at all times of the year and is one of New Zealand's star attractions. Whale Watch scheduled tours operate daily from the town of Kaikoura , two and a half-hours  north of Christchurch in New Zealand's South Island. Kaikoura  has lush pastures and towering, snow covered peaks that fall to the sea. Offshore a deep undersea canyon combines with unusual sea currents to attract an extraordinary abundance of marine life, the most famous being the Sperm Whale. Whale Watch, Kaikoura, New Zealand, 15th February 2011, Photo Tim Clayton.
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  • A Sperm Whale blows water out of it's blow hole while breathing on the surface before diving. The whale is viewed from a Whale Watch boat. Whale Watch is New Zealand's only marine-based whale watching company offering visitors an exciting up-close encounter with the Giant Sperm Whales at all times of the year and is one of New Zealand's star attractions. Whale Watch scheduled tours operate daily from the town of Kaikoura , two and a half-hours  north of Christchurch in New Zealand's South Island. Kaikoura  has lush pastures and towering, snow covered peaks that fall to the sea. Offshore a deep undersea canyon combines with unusual sea currents to attract an extraordinary abundance of marine life, the most famous being the Sperm Whale. Whale Watch, Kaikoura, New Zealand, 15th February 2011, Photo Tim Clayton.
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  • The tail of a Giant Sperm Whale appears above the water as the whale dives..  The whale is viewed from a Whale Watch boat. Whale Watch is New Zealand's only marine-based whale watching company offering visitors an exciting up-close encounter with the Giant Sperm Whales at all times of the year and is one of New Zealand's star attractions. Whale Watch scheduled tours operate daily from the town of Kaikoura , two and a half-hours  north of Christchurch in New Zealand's South Island. Kaikoura  has lush pastures and towering, snow covered peaks that fall to the sea. Offshore a deep undersea canyon combines with unusual sea currents to attract an extraordinary abundance of marine life, the most famous being the Sperm Whale. Whale Watch, Kaikoura, New Zealand, 15th February 2011, Photo Tim Clayton.
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  • Spectators watch the 35th Annual Family Fourth of July Fireworks Celebration at Waveny Park, New Canaan, Connecticut, USA. 4th July 2015. Photo Tim Clayton
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  • Spectators watch the 35th Annual Family Fourth of July Fireworks Celebration at Waveny Park, New Canaan, Connecticut, USA. 4th July 2015. Photo Tim Clayton
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  • Spectators watch the 35th Annual Family Fourth of July Fireworks Celebration at Waveny Park, New Canaan, Connecticut, USA. 4th July 2015. Photo Tim Clayton
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  • Spectators watch the 35th Annual Family Fourth of July Fireworks Celebration at Waveny Park, New Canaan, Connecticut, USA. 4th July 2015. Photo Tim Clayton
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  • Spectators watch the 35th Annual Family Fourth of July Fireworks Celebration at Waveny Park, New Canaan, Connecticut, USA. 4th July 2015. Photo Tim Clayton
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  • Spectators watch the 35th Annual Family Fourth of July Fireworks Celebration at Waveny Park, New Canaan, Connecticut, USA. 4th July 2015. Photo Tim Clayton
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  • Spectators watch the 35th Annual Family Fourth of July Fireworks Celebration at Waveny Park, New Canaan, Connecticut, USA. 4th July 2015. Photo Tim Clayton
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  • Spectators watch the 35th Annual Family Fourth of July Fireworks Celebration at Waveny Park, New Canaan, Connecticut, USA. 4th July 2015. Photo Tim Clayton
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Manila). 2009. Two game cocks, each with three inch razor sharp blades fastened to their left ankles fight to the death at the Makati Coliseum as the referee and the crown watch at Makati City, Manila. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
<br />
Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Manila). 2009. Two game cocks, each with three inch razor sharp blades fastened to their left ankles fight to the death as spectators watch at the Makati, Makati City, Manila. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
<br />
Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Manila). 2009. Gamblers watch as two game cocks fight to the death in a small side arena at the La Loma Cockpit, La Loma, Manila. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
<br />
Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Boracay). 2009. Owners wait with their roosters before being prepared for the fight as spectators watch at the cockfighting held at the Boracay Cockpit,  Boracay Island. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
<br />
Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Boracay). 2009. Roosters are prepared for the fight as a three inch razor sharp blade is attached to their left ankles as spectators watch at the cockfighting held at the Boracay Cockpit, Boracay Island. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
<br />
Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • 2016 U.S. Open - Day 8  Serena Williams of the United States in action against Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan in the Women's Singles round four match on Arthur Ashe Stadium on day eight of the 2016 US Open Tennis Tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 5, 2016 in Flushing, Queens, New York City.  (Photo by Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images)
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  • 2016 U.S. Open - Day 8  Serena Williams of the United States in action against Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan in the Women's Singles round four match on Arthur Ashe Stadium on day eight of the 2016 US Open Tennis Tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 5, 2016 in Flushing, Queens, New York City.  (Photo by Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images)
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  • 2016 U.S. Open - Day 8  Serena Williams of the United States in action against Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan in the Women's Singles round four match on Arthur Ashe Stadium on day eight of the 2016 US Open Tennis Tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 5, 2016 in Flushing, Queens, New York City.  (Photo by Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images)
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  • The New Canaan Town Band performs at the 35th Annual Family Fourth of July Fireworks display and Celebration at Waveny Park, New Canaan, Connecticut, USA. 4th July 2015. Photo Tim Clayton
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  • The New Canaan Town Band performs at the 35th Annual Family Fourth of July Fireworks display and Celebration at Waveny Park, New Canaan, Connecticut, USA. 4th July 2015. Photo Tim Clayton
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  • The New Canaan Town Band performs at the 35th Annual Family Fourth of July Fireworks display and Celebration at Waveny Park, New Canaan, Connecticut, USA. 4th July 2015. Photo Tim Clayton
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  • The New Canaan Town Band performs at the 35th Annual Family Fourth of July Fireworks display and Celebration at Waveny Park, New Canaan, Connecticut, USA. 4th July 2015. Photo Tim Clayton
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  • The New Canaan Town Band performs at the 35th Annual Family Fourth of July Fireworks display and Celebration at Waveny Park, New Canaan, Connecticut, USA. 4th July 2015. Photo Tim Clayton
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  • The New Canaan Town Band performs at the 35th Annual Family Fourth of July Fireworks display and Celebration at Waveny Park, New Canaan, Connecticut, USA. 4th July 2015. Photo Tim Clayton
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  • The New Canaan Town Band performs at the 35th Annual Family Fourth of July Fireworks display and Celebration at Waveny Park, New Canaan, Connecticut, USA. 4th July 2015. Photo Tim Clayton
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  • The New Canaan Town Band performs at the 35th Annual Family Fourth of July Fireworks display and Celebration at Waveny Park, New Canaan, Connecticut, USA. 4th July 2015. Photo Tim Clayton
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Boracay). 2009. Two chicken are cooked on a barbeque after the cockfighting at the Boracay Cockpit,  Boracay Island. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
<br />
Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Manila). 2009. The claw of a beaten game cock, removed after it's bout, lies on the floor outside the La Loma Cockpit,  La Loma, Manila. Photo Tim Clayton<br />
<br />
Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Boracay). 2009. A dead game cock lies on the floor of the sheds after losing it's fight to the death at the cockfighting at the Boracay Cockpit, Boracay Island. Photo Tim Clayton<br />
<br />
Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Boracay). 2009. A dead game cock lies on the floor of the sheds after losing it's fight to the death at the cockfighting at the Boracay Cockpit,  Boracay Island. Photo Tim Clayton<br />
<br />
Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Manila). 2009. Gamblers settle their debts as money changes hands during the cockfighting  at the Makati Coliseum, Makati City, Manila. Photo Tim Clayton<br />
<br />
Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Manila). 2009. 'Cock doctors' clean and stitch up the wounded and injured winning birds who survive the fight to the death of two game cocks, each with three inch razor sharp blades fastened to their left ankles   at the La Loma Cockpit,  La Loma, Manila. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
<br />
Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Boracay). 2009. 'Cock doctors' clean and stitch up the wounded and injured winning birds who survive the fight to the death of two game cocks, each with three inch razor sharp blades fastened to their left ankles  at the Boracay Cockpit,  Boracay Island. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
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Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Manila). 2009. "Cock doctors' clean and stitch up the wounded and injured winning birds who survive the fight to the death of two game cocks, each with three inch razor sharp blades fastened to their left ankles at the Makati, Makati City, Manila. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
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Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Manila). 2009. The referee pulls away the winning bird as it's competitor lies dead after a fight to the death between two game cocks, each with three inch razor sharp blades fastened to their left ankles at the Makati Coliseum, Makati City, Manila. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
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Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Manila). 2009. The owner of a dead game cock (left) sheepishly checks on the well being of his bird after it was killed by it's competitor during a fight to the death between two game cocks, each with three inch razor sharp blades fastened to their left ankles, at the Pasay Cockpit Arena, Pasay City, Manila. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
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Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Manila). 2009. A game cock lies dead after a fatal blow, delivered by it's competitor during a fight to the death between two game cocks, each with three inch razor sharp blades attached to their left ankles at the Makati Coliseum,  Makati City, Manila. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
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Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Manila). 2009. The owner of a beaten game cock reaches down to collect his dead bird after a fatal blow, delivered by it's competitor during a fight to the death between two game cocks, each with three inch razor sharp blades attached to their left ankles at the Makati Coliseum,  Makati City, Manila. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
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Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Manila). 2009. A game cock spreads it's wings for the last time in the throws of death after a fatal blow delivered by it's competitor during the fight to the death between two game cocks, at the Makati Coliseum, Makati City, Manila. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
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Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Boracay). 2009. A game cock lies dying as his competitor walks away in the background during the cockfighting at the Boracay Cockpit,  Boracay Island. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
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Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Manila). 2009. Two game cocks, each with three inch razor sharp blades fastened to their left ankles fight to the death at the Boracay Cockpit, Boracay Island. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
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Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Manila). 2009. Two game cocks, both injured, are separated by the referee during a fight to the death at the Pasay Cockpit Arena, Pasay City, Manila. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
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Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Manila). 2009. Two game cocks, each with three inch razor sharp blades fastened to their left ankles fight to the death at the Pasay Cockpit Arena,  Pasay City, Manila. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
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Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Manila). 2009.  A game cock delivers a fatal blow to its competitor as the three inch razor sharpe blade attached to its left ankle pierces its opponents body killing it instantly during the bout between two game cocks, at the Makati Coliseum, Makati City, Manila. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
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Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Manila). 2009. A game cock delivers a fatal blow to its competitor as the three inch razor sharp blade attached to its left ankle pierces its opponents body killing it instantly during the bout between two game cocks, at the Makati Coliseum, Makati City, Manila. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
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Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Manila). 2009. Two game cocks, each with three inch razor sharp blades fastened to their left ankles fight to the death at the Makati Coliseum,  Makati City, Manila. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
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Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Manila). 2009. Two game cocks, each with three inch razor sharp blades fastened to their left ankles fight to the death at the Makati, Makati City, Manila. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
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Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Boracay). 2009. The referee encourages two injured birds to continue fighting during the cockfighting at the Boracay Cockpit, Boracay Island. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
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Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Manila). 2009. Two game cocks, each with three inch razor sharp blades fastened to their left ankles fight to the death at the Pasay Cockpit Arena, Pasay City, Manila. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
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Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Manila). 2009. Two game cocks, each with three inch razor sharp blades fastened to their left ankles fight to the death at the Pasay Cockpit Arena, Pasay City, Manila. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
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Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Manila). 2009. Two game cocks, each with three inch razor sharp blades fastened to their left ankles fight to the death at the Pasay Cockpit Arena,  Pasay City, Manila. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
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Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Manila). 2009. Two game cocks, each with three inch razor sharp blades fastened to their left ankles fight to the death at the Pasay Cockpit Arena, Pasay City, Manila. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
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Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Manila). 2009. Two roosters approach each other displaying their plumage at the start of the fight to the death at the Pasay Cockpit Arena,  Pasay City, Manila. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
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Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Manila). 2009. Two game cocks, each with three inch razor sharp blades fastened to their left ankles, about to fight to the death at the Makati Coliseum,  Makati City, Manila. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
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Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Manila). 2009. Two fighting game cocks are introduced to each other and encouraged to be aggressive before a fight to the death at the Pasay Cockpit Arena,  Pasay City, Manila. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
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Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Manila). 2009. A game cock, with a three inch razor sharp blade fastened to its left ankles prepares to fight to the death with his opponent at the Pasay Cockpit Arena,  Pasay City, Manila. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
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Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Boracay). 2009. Gamblers are reflected in the glass surrounding the cockpit as they make wagers with each other while two birds are prepared for the next fight at the Boracay Cockpit,  Boracay Island. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
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Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Boracay). 2009. Gamblers are reflected in the glass surrounding the cockpit as they make wagers with each other while two birds are prepared for the next fight at the Boracay Cockpit, Boracay Island. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
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Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Manila). 2009. Edwin Velez, 64, makes bets with other gamblers during the cockfighting at the La Loma Cockpit, La Loma, Manila.  Photo Tim Clayton <br />
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Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Manila). 2009. Gamblers make wagers with each other as they bet on the cockfighting at the Pasay Cockpit Arena,  Pasay City, Manila. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
<br />
Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Manila). 2009. Gamblers make wagers with each other as they bet on the cockfighting at the Makati Coliseum, Makati City, Manila. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
<br />
Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Manila). 2009. Gamblers make wagers with each other as they bet on the cockfighting at the La Loma, La Loma, Manila. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
<br />
Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
    090215_Clayton_Cock Fighting_018.JPG
  • THE PHILIPPINES (Manila). 2009. Spectators gamble on the next fight as the birds are prepared for competition at the  Pasay Cockpit, Pasay City, Manila. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
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Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Boracay). 2009. A spectator wearing a cockfighting t shirt at the cockfighting at the Boracay Cockpit,  Boracay Island, the Philippines. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
<br />
Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Manila). 2009. Owners wait to prepare their birds for fighting at the cockfighting at the La Loma Cockpit, La Loma, Manila. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
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Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Boracay). 2009. A razor sharp blade is fastened to a game cocks ankle before the cockfighting at the Boracay Cockpit,  Boracay Island. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
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Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Boracay). 2009. Spectators arrive at the cockfighting held at the Boracay Cockpit, Boracay Island. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
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Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
    090215_Clayton_Cock Fighting_011.JPG
  • THE PHILIPPINES (Manila). 2009. Noel Lenchico, 40, with his game cock during the cockfighting at the La Loma Cockpit,  La Loma, Manila. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
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Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Manila). 2009.Armand Tinao, 34, with his game cock before the cockfighting at the La Loma Cockpit,  La Loma, Manila. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
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Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Boracay). 2009. Boy Silba, 40, with his game cock before the cockfighting at the Boracay Cockpit, Boracay Island. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
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Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Manila). 2009. Ramil Velasco, 48, with his game cock at his home in the Baseco area of Tondo, Manila. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
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Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Boracay). 2009. Brendo Bersabal with his game cock before the cockfighting at the Boracay Cockpit,  Boracay Island. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
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Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Manila). 2009. Bernard Osorio, 34, with his game cock before the cockfighting at the La Loma Cockpit, La Loma, Manila. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
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Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Manila). 2009. Juanito P. Lyciano, 73, with his game cock in the slumps of the Parola district of Tondo, Manila. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
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Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
    090215_Clayton_Cock Fighting_004.JPG
  • THE PHILIPPINES (Boracay). 2009. Vanrey Gala, 12, with his Uncle's game cock before the cockfighting at the Boracay Cockpit, Boracay Island. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
<br />
Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Manila). 2009. David Afable, 30, with his game cock before the cockfighting at the La Loma Cockpit,  Manila. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
<br />
Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • THE PHILIPPINES (Boracay). 2009. Galo Hechanova, 63 with his game cock before the cockfighting at the Boracay Cockpit,  Boracay Island. Photo Tim Clayton <br />
<br />
Cockfighting, or Sabong as it is know in the Philippines is big business, a multi billion dollar industry, overshadowing Basketball as the number one sport in the country. It is estimated over 5 million Roosters will fight in the smalltime pits and full-blown arenas in a calendar year. TV stations are devoted to the sport where fights can be seen every night of the week while The Philippine economy benefits by more than $1 billion a year from breeding farms employment, selling feed and drugs and of course betting on the fights...As one of the worlds oldest spectator sports dating back 6000 years in Persia (now Iran) and first mentioned in fourth century Greek Texts. It is still practiced in many countries today, particularly in south and Central America and parts of Asia. Cockfighting is now illegal in the USA after Louisiana becoming the final state to outlaw cockfighting in August this year. This has led to an influx of American breeders into the Philippines with these breeders supplying most of the best fighting cocks, with prices for quality blood lines selling from PHP 8000 pesos (US $160) to as high as PHP 120,000 Pesos (US $2400)..
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  • Spectators in the stands watch the field head down the final straight during the 146th Running of the Belmont Stakes,  won by  from Commissioner and Medal Count with California Chrome finishing forth. Belmont  Park, Elmont. New York.  USA. 7th June 2014. Photo Tim Clayton
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  • Spectators in the stands watch the field head down the final straight during the 146th Running of the Belmont Stakes,  won by  from Commissioner and Medal Count with California Chrome finishing forth. Belmont  Park, Elmont. New York.  USA. 7th June 2014. Photo Tim Clayton
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  • Spectators in the stands watch the field head down the final straight during the 146th Running of the Belmont Stakes,  won by  from Commissioner and Medal Count with California Chrome finishing forth. Belmont  Park, Elmont. New York.  USA. 7th June 2014. Photo Tim Clayton
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  • Spectators in the stands watch the field head down the final straight during the 146th Running of the Belmont Stakes,  won by  from Commissioner and Medal Count with California Chrome finishing forth. Belmont  Park, Elmont. New York.  USA. 7th June 2014. Photo Tim Clayton
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  • Spectators in the stands watch the field head down the final straight during the 146th Running of the Belmont Stakes,  won by  from Commissioner and Medal Count with California Chrome finishing forth. Belmont  Park, Elmont. New York.  USA. 7th June 2014. Photo Tim Clayton
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  • Spectators in the stands watch the field head down the final straight during the 146th Running of the Belmont Stakes,  won by  from Commissioner and Medal Count with California Chrome finishing forth. Belmont  Park, Elmont. New York.  USA. 7th June 2014. Photo Tim Clayton
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  • Horses in the starting gate during the 146th Running of the Belmont Stakes, Belmont  Park, Elmont. New York.  USA. 7th June 2014. Photo Tim Clayton
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  • Horses prepare to enter the starting gate during the 146th Running of the Belmont Stakes, Belmont  Park, Elmont. New York.  USA. 7th June 2014. Photo Tim Clayton
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  • A Punters hold a race program at the parade ring during the 146th Running of the Belmont Stakes, Belmont  Park, Elmont. New York.  USA. 7th June 2014. Photo Tim Clayton
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  • A Punters hold a race program at the parade ring during the 146th Running of the Belmont Stakes, Belmont  Park, Elmont. New York.  USA. 7th June 2014. Photo Tim Clayton
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  • A Punters hold a race program at the parade ring during the 146th Running of the Belmont Stakes, Belmont  Park, Elmont. New York.  USA. 7th June 2014. Photo Tim Clayton
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