Letter From Manila: Cockfighting going strong in the Philippines

Far from killing off the sport, Covid-19 has just driven it online, with no loss in bets

Cockfighting is a way of life, pandemic or no pandemic. ST PHOTO: CRISTINA MENINA
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Animal rights activists condemn it as a barbaric blood sport.

But here in the Philippines, cockfighting is a way of life, pandemic or no pandemic.

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