This is a short clip of a “mild” fight in the ring up in Agua Buena, Puerto Armuelles. I say mild because the first few fights are sort of ‘warm-ups’ and the birds do not have natural or artificial spurs on their legs to cause real damage to each other. I didn’t want this to be gruesome, but this blood sport is definitely not for the faint of heart! It gets pretty bad later on and some fights are to the death. A lot of yelling, cheering, and gambling is going on and the night is full of energy. Read more about the cockfights HERE.
This is a slightly longer video that shows a rooster getting metal gaffs wrapped onto his legs before a fight. There is a professional man that is paid by the bird’s owners to apply these artificial spurs at the arena. 这似乎残酷,,en,但结果实际上是更快，更人性化比起来，与公鸡的自然马刺,,en,这是对这些鸟切断时，他们都很年轻,,en,斗鸡,,es,斗鸡在阿穆埃耶斯港,,en, but the outcome is actually much faster and more humane than it would be with the rooster’s natural spurs (which are cut off on these birds when they are young).
