Honestly, I don’t think banning or trying to control cockfighting in the Philippines is gonna do much.
It’s insanely popular over there — not just some hobby, it’s part of their culture. Official fights happen all the time in almost every city, but even that’s not enough for people, so yeah, they organize illegal ones too.
What really surprised me is how seriously they take it, roosters there are treated like royalty — they feed them the best stuff, bathe them, even hug them. No joke. Some dudes spend more time with their roosters than with their own families 😂

I don’t even know how to feel about it, to be honest, it’s weird to me, but at the same time… it’s their thing, their culture.
Not really our place to judge or push our own values on them, sometimes all you can do is just watch and try to understand, even if it feels a bit wild.