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A cockfight is a contest, held in a cockpit between two fighting cocks ( roosters) trained to severely injure and/or kill one another. Usually wagers are made on the outcome of the match, the surviving bird being declared the winner. Roosters intended to participate in cockfights are often specially bred and trained with this in mind. It is considered a traditional sporting event by some, and a barbarous case of animal cruelty by others.
In some regional variations, the birds are equipped with artificial steel spurs known as gaffs, which allow the birds to kill much quicker. In other variations, the bird's feet are wrapped to lengthen the bouts. Fighting done without gaffs or taping often is called "naked heel".
The concept of cockfighting has been generalized to fighting amongst other animals. For instance, some people train dogs to fight.
In old England, cockfighting, together with the more barbarous sport of throwing at cocks , was the chief amusement on Shrove Tuesday. However, public opinion has declared against these sports in an unmistakable manner.
In many places, animal fights have been specifically outlawed, based on opposition to gambling, opposition to cruelty to animals, or both.
In 1759, the English artist William Hogarth published a satire on cockfighting in his print, The Cockpit. See also the video game Pokémon, which has (falsely) been labeled as a cockfighting simulation.
The ban on cockfighting has resulted in several breeds being developed from pit game stock for the show bench or other purposes, with Modern Game (extreme long legs being a characteristic) and Old English bantam (amongst the smallest of the chicken breeds) being notable and very popular show bench examples. A more important example is the Cornish (developed from the Aseel pit game breed) which forms the basis for the fryer/broiler industry.
Cockfighting was once a popular subject in artMona Lisa Although today the word art usually refers to the visual arts, the concept of what art is has continuously changed over centuries. Perhaps the most concise definition is its broadest—art refers to all creative human endeavors, excluding actions. The paintingThis article is about the painting of a surface for artistic reasons. Painting is also the utilitarian painting of objects and buildings, often done to provide a protective coating or for aesthetic reasons. One possible process for decorative painting of "The Cockfight" by Jean-Léon Gérôme and the statueA statue is a sculpture depicting a specific entity, usually a person, event, animal or object. Its primary concern is representational. However, as with all artistic topics, this definition of the concept Statue is far from exhaustive and can be/needs to "Winner of the Cockfight" by Alexandre FalguièreJean Alexandre Joseph Falguiere (also given as Jean-Joseph-Alexandre Falguiere or in short Alexandre Falguiere ( 1831 1900), French sculptor and painter, was born at Toulouse. A pupil of the Ecole des Beaux Arts, he won the Prix de Rome in 1859; he was aw, both in the Musée d'OrsayThe Musee d'Orsay is a museum in Paris, situated on the left bank of the River Seine. It holds mainly French art from 1848 to 1914: paintings, sculptures, furniture, objets d'art and photography. The building was originally a railway station, built in 190, are notable examples, although in these cases the emphasis is more on the nude bodies of the birds' owners than on the fights themselves.
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