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  • 11 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:     Spectators watch a cockfight in an informal cockfighting venue in Bangkok. Cockfighting dates back over 3,000 years and is still popular in many countries throughout the world today, including Thailand. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand. Unlike some countries, Thai cockfighting does not use artificial spurs to increase injury and does not employ the ‘fight to the death rule’. Thai birds live to fight another day and are retired after two years of competing. Cockfighting is enjoyed by over 200,000 people in Thailand each weekend at over 75 licensed venues. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Cockfighting011114022.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:     Spectators watch a cockfight in an informal cockfighting venue in Bangkok. Cockfighting dates back over 3,000 years and is still popular in many countries throughout the world today, including Thailand. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand. Unlike some countries, Thai cockfighting does not use artificial spurs to increase injury and does not employ the ‘fight to the death rule’. Thai birds live to fight another day and are retired after two years of competing. Cockfighting is enjoyed by over 200,000 people in Thailand each weekend at over 75 licensed venues. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Cockfighting011114012.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:     Spectators watch a cockfight in an informal cockfighting venue in Bangkok. Cockfighting dates back over 3,000 years and is still popular in many countries throughout the world today, including Thailand. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand. Unlike some countries, Thai cockfighting does not use artificial spurs to increase injury and does not employ the ‘fight to the death rule’. Thai birds live to fight another day and are retired after two years of competing. Cockfighting is enjoyed by over 200,000 people in Thailand each weekend at over 75 licensed venues. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Cockfighting011114013.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A cockfight in Bangkok. Cockfighting dates back over 3,000 years and is still popular in many countries throughout the world today, including Thailand. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand. Unlike some countries, Thai cockfighting does not use artificial spurs to increase injury and does not employ the ‘fight to the death rule’. Thai birds live to fight another day and are retired after two years of competing. Cockfighting is enjoyed by over 200,000 people in Thailand each weekend at over 75 licensed venues. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Cockfighting011114041.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Exterior of an informal cockfighting venue in Bangkok.  Cockfighting dates back over 3,000 years and is still popular in many countries throughout the world today, including Thailand. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand. Unlike some countries, Thai cockfighting does not use artificial spurs to increase injury and does not employ the ‘fight to the death rule’. Thai birds live to fight another day and are retired after two years of competing. Cockfighting is enjoyed by over 200,000 people in Thailand each weekend at over 75 licensed venues. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Cockfighting011114040.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A man scores a cockfight in Bangkok. Cockfighting dates back over 3,000 years and is still popular in many countries throughout the world today, including Thailand. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand. Unlike some countries, Thai cockfighting does not use artificial spurs to increase injury and does not employ the ‘fight to the death rule’. Thai birds live to fight another day and are retired after two years of competing. Cockfighting is enjoyed by over 200,000 people in Thailand each weekend at over 75 licensed venues. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Cockfighting011114038.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    Spectators take notes on birds during a cockfight in Bangkok. Cockfighting dates back over 3,000 years and is still popular in many countries throughout the world today, including Thailand. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand. Unlike some countries, Thai cockfighting does not use artificial spurs to increase injury and does not employ the ‘fight to the death rule’. Thai birds live to fight another day and are retired after two years of competing. Cockfighting is enjoyed by over 200,000 people in Thailand each weekend at over 75 licensed venues. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Cockfighting011114026.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    A detail photo of a fighting cock having its eye worked on after a cockfight in Bangkok. Cockfighting dates back over 3,000 years and is still popular in many countries throughout the world today, including Thailand. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand. Unlike some countries, Thai cockfighting does not use artificial spurs to increase injury and does not employ the ‘fight to the death rule’. Thai birds live to fight another day and are retired after two years of competing. Cockfighting is enjoyed by over 200,000 people in Thailand each weekend at over 75 licensed venues. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Cockfighting011114039.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Spectators watch a cockfight in an informal cockfighting venue in Bangkok. Cockfighting dates back over 3,000 years and is still popular in many countries throughout the world today, including Thailand. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand. Unlike some countries, Thai cockfighting does not use artificial spurs to increase injury and does not employ the ‘fight to the death rule’. Thai birds live to fight another day and are retired after two years of competing. Cockfighting is enjoyed by over 200,000 people in Thailand each weekend at over 75 licensed venues. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Cockfighting011114037.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man cheers for a fighting cock he placed a bet on during a cockfight in Bangkok. Cockfighting dates back over 3,000 years and is still popular in many countries throughout the world today, including Thailand. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand. Unlike some countries, Thai cockfighting does not use artificial spurs to increase injury and does not employ the ‘fight to the death rule’. Thai birds live to fight another day and are retired after two years of competing. Cockfighting is enjoyed by over 200,000 people in Thailand each weekend at over 75 licensed venues. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Cockfighting011114029.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man cheers for a fighting cock he placed a bet on during a cockfight in Bangkok. Cockfighting dates back over 3,000 years and is still popular in many countries throughout the world today, including Thailand. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand. Unlike some countries, Thai cockfighting does not use artificial spurs to increase injury and does not employ the ‘fight to the death rule’. Thai birds live to fight another day and are retired after two years of competing. Cockfighting is enjoyed by over 200,000 people in Thailand each weekend at over 75 licensed venues. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Cockfighting011114028.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:     Spectators watch a cockfight in an informal cockfighting venue in Bangkok. Cockfighting dates back over 3,000 years and is still popular in many countries throughout the world today, including Thailand. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand. Unlike some countries, Thai cockfighting does not use artificial spurs to increase injury and does not employ the ‘fight to the death rule’. Thai birds live to fight another day and are retired after two years of competing. Cockfighting is enjoyed by over 200,000 people in Thailand each weekend at over 75 licensed venues. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Cockfighting011114043.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    Spectators take notes on birds during a cockfight in Bangkok. Cockfighting dates back over 3,000 years and is still popular in many countries throughout the world today, including Thailand. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand. Unlike some countries, Thai cockfighting does not use artificial spurs to increase injury and does not employ the ‘fight to the death rule’. Thai birds live to fight another day and are retired after two years of competing. Cockfighting is enjoyed by over 200,000 people in Thailand each weekend at over 75 licensed venues. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Cockfighting011114027.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    A detail photo of a fighting cock having its eye worked on after a cockfight in Bangkok. Cockfighting dates back over 3,000 years and is still popular in many countries throughout the world today, including Thailand. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand. Unlike some countries, Thai cockfighting does not use artificial spurs to increase injury and does not employ the ‘fight to the death rule’. Thai birds live to fight another day and are retired after two years of competing. Cockfighting is enjoyed by over 200,000 people in Thailand each weekend at over 75 licensed venues. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Cockfighting011114036.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    A detail photo of a fighting cock having its eye worked on after a cockfight in Bangkok. Cockfighting dates back over 3,000 years and is still popular in many countries throughout the world today, including Thailand. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand. Unlike some countries, Thai cockfighting does not use artificial spurs to increase injury and does not employ the ‘fight to the death rule’. Thai birds live to fight another day and are retired after two years of competing. Cockfighting is enjoyed by over 200,000 people in Thailand each weekend at over 75 licensed venues. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Cockfighting011114034.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  The owner of a fighting cock holds a razor in his mouth while he patches up his bird between rounds at a cockfight in Bangkok. Cockfighting dates back over 3,000 years and is still popular in many countries throughout the world today, including Thailand. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand. Unlike some countries, Thai cockfighting does not use artificial spurs to increase injury and does not employ the ‘fight to the death rule’. Thai birds live to fight another day and are retired after two years of competing. Cockfighting is enjoyed by over 200,000 people in Thailand each weekend at over 75 licensed venues. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Cockfighting011114031.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    A bird's owner drinks an energy drink while he patches up his fighting cock after a bout in Bangkok. Cockfighting dates back over 3,000 years and is still popular in many countries throughout the world today, including Thailand. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand. Unlike some countries, Thai cockfighting does not use artificial spurs to increase injury and does not employ the ‘fight to the death rule’. Thai birds live to fight another day and are retired after two years of competing. Cockfighting is enjoyed by over 200,000 people in Thailand each weekend at over 75 licensed venues. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Cockfighting011114024.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A cock owner in a fighting pit in Bangkok. Cockfighting dates back over 3,000 years and is still popular in many countries throughout the world today, including Thailand. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand. Unlike some countries, Thai cockfighting does not use artificial spurs to increase injury and does not employ the ‘fight to the death rule’. Thai birds live to fight another day and are retired after two years of competing. Cockfighting is enjoyed by over 200,000 people in Thailand each weekend at over 75 licensed venues. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Cockfighting011114005.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    A detail photo of a fighting cock having its eye worked on after a cockfight in Bangkok. Cockfighting dates back over 3,000 years and is still popular in many countries throughout the world today, including Thailand. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand. Unlike some countries, Thai cockfighting does not use artificial spurs to increase injury and does not employ the ‘fight to the death rule’. Thai birds live to fight another day and are retired after two years of competing. Cockfighting is enjoyed by over 200,000 people in Thailand each weekend at over 75 licensed venues. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Cockfighting011114035.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A fight official pushes pulls cocks apart during a bout in Bangkok. Cockfighting dates back over 3,000 years and is still popular in many countries throughout the world today, including Thailand. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand. Unlike some countries, Thai cockfighting does not use artificial spurs to increase injury and does not employ the ‘fight to the death rule’. Thai birds live to fight another day and are retired after two years of competing. Cockfighting is enjoyed by over 200,000 people in Thailand each weekend at over 75 licensed venues. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Cockfighting011114032.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A bird's owner patches up his fighting cock after a bout in Bangkok. Cockfighting dates back over 3,000 years and is still popular in many countries throughout the world today, including Thailand. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand. Unlike some countries, Thai cockfighting does not use artificial spurs to increase injury and does not employ the ‘fight to the death rule’. Thai birds live to fight another day and are retired after two years of competing. Cockfighting is enjoyed by over 200,000 people in Thailand each weekend at over 75 licensed venues. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Cockfighting011114025.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man gets his fighting cock ready for a bout in a cockfighting venue in Bangkok. Cockfighting dates back over 3,000 years and is still popular in many countries throughout the world today, including Thailand. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand. Unlike some countries, Thai cockfighting does not use artificial spurs to increase injury and does not employ the ‘fight to the death rule’. Thai birds live to fight another day and are retired after two years of competing. Cockfighting is enjoyed by over 200,000 people in Thailand each weekend at over 75 licensed venues. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Cockfighting011114018.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A cock owner in a fighting pit in Bangkok. Cockfighting dates back over 3,000 years and is still popular in many countries throughout the world today, including Thailand. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand. Unlike some countries, Thai cockfighting does not use artificial spurs to increase injury and does not employ the ‘fight to the death rule’. Thai birds live to fight another day and are retired after two years of competing. Cockfighting is enjoyed by over 200,000 people in Thailand each weekend at over 75 licensed venues. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Cockfighting011114006.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Men who take and hold bets score fighting cocks during a cockfight in Bangkok. Cockfighting dates back over 3,000 years and is still popular in many countries throughout the world today, including Thailand. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand. Unlike some countries, Thai cockfighting does not use artificial spurs to increase injury and does not employ the ‘fight to the death rule’. Thai birds live to fight another day and are retired after two years of competing. Cockfighting is enjoyed by over 200,000 people in Thailand each weekend at over 75 licensed venues. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Cockfighting011114030.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A cockfight in Bangkok. Cockfighting dates back over 3,000 years and is still popular in many countries throughout the world today, including Thailand. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand. Unlike some countries, Thai cockfighting does not use artificial spurs to increase injury and does not employ the ‘fight to the death rule’. Thai birds live to fight another day and are retired after two years of competing. Cockfighting is enjoyed by over 200,000 people in Thailand each weekend at over 75 licensed venues. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Cockfighting011114010.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A fight official pushes fighting cocks together during a bout in Bangkok. Cockfighting dates back over 3,000 years and is still popular in many countries throughout the world today, including Thailand. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand. Unlike some countries, Thai cockfighting does not use artificial spurs to increase injury and does not employ the ‘fight to the death rule’. Thai birds live to fight another day and are retired after two years of competing. Cockfighting is enjoyed by over 200,000 people in Thailand each weekend at over 75 licensed venues. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Cockfighting011114042.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man gets his fighting cock ready for a bout in a cockfighting venue in Bangkok. Cockfighting dates back over 3,000 years and is still popular in many countries throughout the world today, including Thailand. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand. Unlike some countries, Thai cockfighting does not use artificial spurs to increase injury and does not employ the ‘fight to the death rule’. Thai birds live to fight another day and are retired after two years of competing. Cockfighting is enjoyed by over 200,000 people in Thailand each weekend at over 75 licensed venues. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Cockfighting011114017.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A bird's owner patches up his fighting cock after a bout in Bangkok. Cockfighting dates back over 3,000 years and is still popular in many countries throughout the world today, including Thailand. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand. Unlike some countries, Thai cockfighting does not use artificial spurs to increase injury and does not employ the ‘fight to the death rule’. Thai birds live to fight another day and are retired after two years of competing. Cockfighting is enjoyed by over 200,000 people in Thailand each weekend at over 75 licensed venues. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Cockfighting011114033.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A bird's owner patches up his fighting cock after a bout in Bangkok. Cockfighting dates back over 3,000 years and is still popular in many countries throughout the world today, including Thailand. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand. Unlike some countries, Thai cockfighting does not use artificial spurs to increase injury and does not employ the ‘fight to the death rule’. Thai birds live to fight another day and are retired after two years of competing. Cockfighting is enjoyed by over 200,000 people in Thailand each weekend at over 75 licensed venues. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Cockfighting011114023.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Rooster owners gather in a cockfighting pit in Bangkok. Cockfighting dates back over 3,000 years and is still popular in many countries throughout the world today, including Thailand. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand. Unlike some countries, Thai cockfighting does not use artificial spurs to increase injury and does not employ the ‘fight to the death rule’. Thai birds live to fight another day and are retired after two years of competing. Cockfighting is enjoyed by over 200,000 people in Thailand each weekend at over 75 licensed venues. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Cockfighting011114007.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Rooster owners gather in a cockfighting pit in Bangkok. Cockfighting dates back over 3,000 years and is still popular in many countries throughout the world today, including Thailand. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand. Unlike some countries, Thai cockfighting does not use artificial spurs to increase injury and does not employ the ‘fight to the death rule’. Thai birds live to fight another day and are retired after two years of competing. Cockfighting is enjoyed by over 200,000 people in Thailand each weekend at over 75 licensed venues. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Cockfighting011114004.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A fighting cock with an improvised muzzle on its beak in Bangkok. Cockfighting dates back over 3,000 years and is still popular in many countries throughout the world today, including Thailand. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand. Unlike some countries, Thai cockfighting does not use artificial spurs to increase injury and does not employ the ‘fight to the death rule’. Thai birds live to fight another day and are retired after two years of competing. Cockfighting is enjoyed by over 200,000 people in Thailand each weekend at over 75 licensed venues. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Cockfighting011114009.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Fight officials inspect fighting cocks before a bout in Bangkok. Cockfighting dates back over 3,000 years and is still popular in many countries throughout the world today, including Thailand. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand. Unlike some countries, Thai cockfighting does not use artificial spurs to increase injury and does not employ the ‘fight to the death rule’. Thai birds live to fight another day and are retired after two years of competing. Cockfighting is enjoyed by over 200,000 people in Thailand each weekend at over 75 licensed venues. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A fighting cock with an improvised muzzle on its beak in Bangkok. Cockfighting dates back over 3,000 years and is still popular in many countries throughout the world today, including Thailand. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand. Unlike some countries, Thai cockfighting does not use artificial spurs to increase injury and does not employ the ‘fight to the death rule’. Thai birds live to fight another day and are retired after two years of competing. Cockfighting is enjoyed by over 200,000 people in Thailand each weekend at over 75 licensed venues. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A motorcycle taxi driver watches his fighting cock spar in a training bout in the Pom Mahakan community in Bangkok. The birds wore tiny muzzles and had their legs padded to prevent injury. The community of about 50 families was once known as the cockfighting center of Bangkok. Gambling is now prohibited by the military government and cockfighting is not as popular as it once was. Cockfights are still staged in clandestine pits in Bangkok but outside of Bangkok cockfights are common.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A motorcycle taxi driver watches his fighting cock spar in a training bout in the Pom Mahakan community in Bangkok. The birds wore tiny muzzles and had their legs padded to prevent injury. The community of about 50 families was once known as the cockfighting center of Bangkok. Gambling is now prohibited by the military government and cockfighting is not as popular as it once was. Cockfights are still staged in clandestine pits in Bangkok but outside of Bangkok cockfights are common.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Fighting cocks spar in a training bout in the Pom Mahakan community in Bangkok. The birds wore tiny muzzles and had their legs padded to prevent injury. The community of about 50 families was once known as the cockfighting center of Bangkok. Gambling is now prohibited by the military government and cockfighting is not as popular as it once was. Cockfights are still staged in clandestine pits in Bangkok but outside of Bangkok cockfights are common.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Fighting cocks spar in a training bout in the Pom Mahakan community in Bangkok. The birds wore tiny muzzles and had their legs padded to prevent injury. The community of about 50 families was once known as the cockfighting center of Bangkok. Gambling is now prohibited by the military government and cockfighting is not as popular as it once was. Cockfights are still staged in clandestine pits in Bangkok but outside of Bangkok cockfights are common.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A motorcycle taxi driver watches his fighting cock spar in a training bout in the Pom Mahakan community in Bangkok. The birds wore tiny muzzles and had their legs padded to prevent injury. The community of about 50 families was once known as the cockfighting center of Bangkok. Gambling is now prohibited by the military government and cockfighting is not as popular as it once was. Cockfights are still staged in clandestine pits in Bangkok but outside of Bangkok cockfights are common.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A motorcycle taxi driver watches his fighting cock spar in a training bout in the Pom Mahakan community in Bangkok. The birds wore tiny muzzles and had their legs padded to prevent injury. The community of about 50 families was once known as the cockfighting center of Bangkok. Gambling is now prohibited by the military government and cockfighting is not as popular as it once was. Cockfights are still staged in clandestine pits in Bangkok but outside of Bangkok cockfights are common.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 AUGUST 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:       A man tends to his bird after an impromptu cockfight at a construction site in Bangkok. This was a practice match to test the birds’ mettle. Their spurs were wrapped and beaks muzzled so they wouldn’t seriously injured. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand but is not seen very often in Bangkok. It’s very popular in the provinces and rural areas, especially north of Bangkok.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A motorcycle taxi driver watches his fighting cock spar in a training bout in the Pom Mahakan community in Bangkok. The birds wore tiny muzzles and had their legs padded to prevent injury. The community of about 50 families was once known as the cockfighting center of Bangkok. Gambling is now prohibited by the military government and cockfighting is not as popular as it once was. Cockfights are still staged in clandestine pits in Bangkok but outside of Bangkok cockfights are common.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A motorcycle taxi driver feeds his fighting cock in the Pom Mahakan community in Bangkok. The community of about 50 families was once known as the cockfighting center of Bangkok. Gambling, is now prohibited by the military government and cockfighting is not as popular as it once was. Cockfights are still staged in clandestine pits in Bangkok but outside of Bangkok cockfights are common.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A motorcycle taxi driver watches his fighting cock spar in a training bout in the Pom Mahakan community in Bangkok. The birds wore tiny muzzles and had their legs padded to prevent injury. The community of about 50 families was once known as the cockfighting center of Bangkok. Gambling is now prohibited by the military government and cockfighting is not as popular as it once was. Cockfights are still staged in clandestine pits in Bangkok but outside of Bangkok cockfights are common.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A motorcycle taxi driver watches his fighting cock spar in a training bout in the Pom Mahakan community in Bangkok. The birds wore tiny muzzles and had their legs padded to prevent injury. The community of about 50 families was once known as the cockfighting center of Bangkok. Gambling is now prohibited by the military government and cockfighting is not as popular as it once was. Cockfights are still staged in clandestine pits in Bangkok but outside of Bangkok cockfights are common.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A motorcycle taxi driver watches his fighting cock spar in a training bout in the Pom Mahakan community in Bangkok. The birds wore tiny muzzles and had their legs padded to prevent injury. The community of about 50 families was once known as the cockfighting center of Bangkok. Gambling is now prohibited by the military government and cockfighting is not as popular as it once was. Cockfights are still staged in clandestine pits in Bangkok but outside of Bangkok cockfights are common.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man buys produce from a door to door vendor in the Pom Mahakan community in Bangkok. The community of about 50 families was once known as the cockfighting center of Bangkok. Gambling, is now prohibited by the military government and cockfighting is not as popular as it once was. Cockfights are still staged in clandestine pits in Bangkok but outside of Bangkok cockfights are common.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Fighting cocks spar in a training bout in the Pom Mahakan community in Bangkok. The birds wore tiny muzzles and had their legs padded to prevent injury. The community of about 50 families was once known as the cockfighting center of Bangkok. Gambling is now prohibited by the military government and cockfighting is not as popular as it once was. Cockfights are still staged in clandestine pits in Bangkok but outside of Bangkok cockfights are common.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Fighting cocks spar in a training bout in the Pom Mahakan community in Bangkok. The birds wore tiny muzzles and had their legs padded to prevent injury. The community of about 50 families was once known as the cockfighting center of Bangkok. Gambling is now prohibited by the military government and cockfighting is not as popular as it once was. Cockfights are still staged in clandestine pits in Bangkok but outside of Bangkok cockfights are common.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 AUGUST 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:       A man tends to his bird after an impromptu cockfight at a construction site in Bangkok. This was a practice match to test the birds’ mettle. Their spurs were wrapped and beaks muzzled so they wouldn’t seriously injured. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand but is not seen very often in Bangkok. It’s very popular in the provinces and rural areas, especially north of Bangkok.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man who owns a fighting cock puts a tiny muzzle on the bird before putting it in a training bout in the Pom Mahakan community in Bangkok. The muzzle was to prevent the bird from injuring his opponent with his beak. The community of about 50 families was once known as the cockfighting center of Bangkok. Gambling is now prohibited by the military government and cockfighting is not as popular as it once was. Cockfights are still staged in clandestine pits in Bangkok but outside of Bangkok cockfights are common.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A motorcycle taxi driver watches his fighting cock spar in a training bout in the Pom Mahakan community in Bangkok. The birds wore tiny muzzles and had their legs padded to prevent injury. The community of about 50 families was once known as the cockfighting center of Bangkok. Gambling is now prohibited by the military government and cockfighting is not as popular as it once was. Cockfights are still staged in clandestine pits in Bangkok but outside of Bangkok cockfights are common.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A motorcycle taxi driver watches his fighting cock spar in a training bout in the Pom Mahakan community in Bangkok. The birds wore tiny muzzles and had their legs padded to prevent injury. The community of about 50 families was once known as the cockfighting center of Bangkok. Gambling is now prohibited by the military government and cockfighting is not as popular as it once was. Cockfights are still staged in clandestine pits in Bangkok but outside of Bangkok cockfights are common.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A motorcycle taxi driver watches his fighting cock spar in a training bout in the Pom Mahakan community in Bangkok. The birds wore tiny muzzles and had their legs padded to prevent injury. The community of about 50 families was once known as the cockfighting center of Bangkok. Gambling is now prohibited by the military government and cockfighting is not as popular as it once was. Cockfights are still staged in clandestine pits in Bangkok but outside of Bangkok cockfights are common.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A motorcycle taxi driver feeds his fighting cock in the Pom Mahakan community in Bangkok. The community of about 50 families was once known as the cockfighting center of Bangkok. Gambling, is now prohibited by the military government and cockfighting is not as popular as it once was. Cockfights are still staged in clandestine pits in Bangkok but outside of Bangkok cockfights are common.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Fighting cocks spar in a training bout in the Pom Mahakan community in Bangkok. The birds wore tiny muzzles and had their legs padded to prevent injury. The community of about 50 families was once known as the cockfighting center of Bangkok. Gambling is now prohibited by the military government and cockfighting is not as popular as it once was. Cockfights are still staged in clandestine pits in Bangkok but outside of Bangkok cockfights are common.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A motorcycle taxi driver watches his fighting cock spar in a training bout in the Pom Mahakan community in Bangkok. The birds wore tiny muzzles and had their legs padded to prevent injury. The community of about 50 families was once known as the cockfighting center of Bangkok. Gambling is now prohibited by the military government and cockfighting is not as popular as it once was. Cockfights are still staged in clandestine pits in Bangkok but outside of Bangkok cockfights are common.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 AUGUST 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:       A fighting cock in its basket at a construction site in Bangkok. The birds live on the site with their owners, who are workers at the site. The men frequently have impromptu practice matches to test the birds’ mettle. Their spurs are wrapped and beaks muzzled so they‘re not seriously injured. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand but is not seen very often in Bangkok. It’s very popular in the provinces and rural areas, especially north of Bangkok.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 AUGUST 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:       Men watch fighting cocks in an impromptu arena they put up in a construction site they’re working at during their lunch hour. This was a practice match to test the birds’ mettle. Their spurs were wrapped and beaks muzzled so they wouldn’t seriously injured. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand but is not seen very often in Bangkok. It’s very popular in the provinces and rural areas, especially north of Bangkok.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 AUGUST 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Men pick up their birds after an impromptu cock fight in Bangkok. This was a practice match to test the birds’ mettle. Their spurs were wrapped and beaks muzzled so they wouldn’t seriously injured. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand but is not seen very often in Bangkok. It’s very popular in the provinces and rural areas, especially north of Bangkok.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 AUGUST 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:       Men watch fighting cocks in an impromptu arena they put up in a construction site they’re working at during their lunch hour. This was a practice match to test the birds’ mettle. Their spurs were wrapped and beaks muzzled so they wouldn’t seriously injured. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand but is not seen very often in Bangkok. It’s very popular in the provinces and rural areas, especially north of Bangkok.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 AUGUST 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:       Men watch fighting cocks in an impromptu arena they put up in a construction site they’re working at during their lunch hour. This was a practice match to test the birds’ mettle. Their spurs were wrapped and beaks muzzled so they wouldn’t seriously injured. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand but is not seen very often in Bangkok. It’s very popular in the provinces and rural areas, especially north of Bangkok.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 APRIL 2018 - SAN PA TONG, CHIANG MAI, THAILAND:  at the market in San Pa Tong (also spelled Sanpatong), a town about 30 minutes from Chiang Mai. On Saturday's, farmers and livestock dealers come to the market to buy and sell cattle and water buffalo.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 AUGUST 2017 - MENGWI, BALI, INDONESIA:  A man sells fighting cocks in the Bringkit Market in Mengwi, about 30 minutes from Denpasar. Bringkit Market is famous on Bali for its Sunday livestock and poultry market. Hundreds of the small Bali cows are bought and sold there every week. Bali's local markets are open on an every three day rotating schedule because venders travel from town to town. Before modern refrigeration and convenience stores became common place on Bali, markets were thriving community gatherings. Fewer people shop at markets now as more and more consumers go to convenience stores and more families have refrigerators.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 APRIL 2018 - SAN PA TONG, CHIANG MAI, THAILAND:  at the market in San Pa Tong (also spelled Sanpatong), a town about 30 minutes from Chiang Mai. On Saturday's, farmers and livestock dealers come to the market to buy and sell cattle and water buffalo.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 AUGUST 2017 - MENGWI, BALI, INDONESIA: A man with a fighting cock he bought in the Bringkit Market in Mengwi, about 30 minutes from Denpasar. Bringkit Market is famous on Bali for its Sunday livestock and poultry market. Hundreds of the small Bali cows are bought and sold there every week. Bali's local markets are open on an every three day rotating schedule because venders travel from town to town. Before modern refrigeration and convenience stores became common place on Bali, markets were thriving community gatherings. Fewer people shop at markets now as more and more consumers go to convenience stores and more families have refrigerators.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 AUGUST 2017 - MENGWI, BALI, INDONESIA: Men gather to look at buy fighting roosters in the Bringkit Market in Mengwi, about 30 minutes from Denpasar. Bringkit Market is famous on Bali for its Sunday livestock and poultry market. Hundreds of the small Bali cows are bought and sold there every week. Bali's local markets are open on an every three day rotating schedule because venders travel from town to town. Before modern refrigeration and convenience stores became common place on Bali, markets were thriving community gatherings. Fewer people shop at markets now as more and more consumers go to convenience stores and more families have refrigerators.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 AUGUST 2017 - MENGWI, BALI, INDONESIA: A man with a fighting cock he bought in the Bringkit Market in Mengwi, about 30 minutes from Denpasar. Bringkit Market is famous on Bali for its Sunday livestock and poultry market. Hundreds of the small Bali cows are bought and sold there every week. Bali's local markets are open on an every three day rotating schedule because venders travel from town to town. Before modern refrigeration and convenience stores became common place on Bali, markets were thriving community gatherings. Fewer people shop at markets now as more and more consumers go to convenience stores and more families have refrigerators.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 AUGUST 2017 - MENGWI, BALI, INDONESIA: A man with a fighting cock he bought in the Bringkit Market in Mengwi, about 30 minutes from Denpasar. Bringkit Market is famous on Bali for its Sunday livestock and poultry market. Hundreds of the small Bali cows are bought and sold there every week. Bali's local markets are open on an every three day rotating schedule because venders travel from town to town. Before modern refrigeration and convenience stores became common place on Bali, markets were thriving community gatherings. Fewer people shop at markets now as more and more consumers go to convenience stores and more families have refrigerators.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 APRIL 2018 - SAN PA TONG, CHIANG MAI, THAILAND:  at the market in San Pa Tong (also spelled Sanpatong), a town about 30 minutes from Chiang Mai. On Saturday's, farmers and livestock dealers come to the market to buy and sell cattle and water buffalo.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 APRIL 2018 - SAN PA TONG, CHIANG MAI, THAILAND:  at the market in San Pa Tong (also spelled Sanpatong), a town about 30 minutes from Chiang Mai. On Saturday's, farmers and livestock dealers come to the market to buy and sell cattle and water buffalo.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 APRIL 2018 - SAN PA TONG, CHIANG MAI, THAILAND:  at the market in San Pa Tong (also spelled Sanpatong), a town about 30 minutes from Chiang Mai. On Saturday's, farmers and livestock dealers come to the market to buy and sell cattle and water buffalo.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 AUGUST 2017 - MENGWI, BALI, INDONESIA: Men gather to look at buy fighting roosters in the Bringkit Market in Mengwi, about 30 minutes from Denpasar. Bringkit Market is famous on Bali for its Sunday livestock and poultry market. Hundreds of the small Bali cows are bought and sold there every week. Bali's local markets are open on an every three day rotating schedule because venders travel from town to town. Before modern refrigeration and convenience stores became common place on Bali, markets were thriving community gatherings. Fewer people shop at markets now as more and more consumers go to convenience stores and more families have refrigerators.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 APRIL 2018 - SAN PA TONG, CHIANG MAI, THAILAND:  at the market in San Pa Tong (also spelled Sanpatong), a town about 30 minutes from Chiang Mai. On Saturday's, farmers and livestock dealers come to the market to buy and sell cattle and water buffalo.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 APRIL 2018 - SAN PA TONG, CHIANG MAI, THAILAND:  at the market in San Pa Tong (also spelled Sanpatong), a town about 30 minutes from Chiang Mai. On Saturday's, farmers and livestock dealers come to the market to buy and sell cattle and water buffalo.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 AUGUST 2017 - MENGWI, BALI, INDONESIA: Men gather to look at buy fighting roosters in the Bringkit Market in Mengwi, about 30 minutes from Denpasar. Bringkit Market is famous on Bali for its Sunday livestock and poultry market. Hundreds of the small Bali cows are bought and sold there every week. Bali's local markets are open on an every three day rotating schedule because venders travel from town to town. Before modern refrigeration and convenience stores became common place on Bali, markets were thriving community gatherings. Fewer people shop at markets now as more and more consumers go to convenience stores and more families have refrigerators.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 APRIL 2018 - SAN PA TONG, CHIANG MAI, THAILAND:  at the market in San Pa Tong (also spelled Sanpatong), a town about 30 minutes from Chiang Mai. On Saturday's, farmers and livestock dealers come to the market to buy and sell cattle and water buffalo.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 APRIL 2018 - SAN PA TONG, CHIANG MAI, THAILAND:  at the market in San Pa Tong (also spelled Sanpatong), a town about 30 minutes from Chiang Mai. On Saturday's, farmers and livestock dealers come to the market to buy and sell cattle and water buffalo.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 APRIL 2010 - PLA PAK, NAKHON PHANOM, THAILAND: A "bookie" keeps notes as a cockfight takes place in a pit in rural Thailand. Cockfighting is enormously popular in rural Thailand. A big fight can bring the ring operator as much as 200,000 Thai Baht (about $6,000 US), a large sum of money in rural Thailand. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Fighting cocks in Thailand do not wear the spurs or razor blades that they do in some countries and most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights. Many small rural communities have at least one cockfighting arena.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 APRIL 2010 - PLA PAK, NAKHON PHANOM, THAILAND: A bettor counts his winnings after a cockfight in Nakhon Phanom provinve, Thailand. Cockfighting is enormously popular in rural Thailand. A big fight can bring the ring operator as much as 200,000 Thai Baht (about $6,000 US), a large sum of money in rural Thailand. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Fighting cocks in Thailand do not wear the spurs or razor blades that they do in some countries and most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights. Many small rural communities have at least one cockfighting arena.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 APRIL 2010 - PLA PAK, NAKHON PHANOM, THAILAND: Men watch a cockfight in a private pit in rural Thailand. Cockfighting is enormously popular in rural Thailand. A big fight can bring the ring operator as much as 200,000 Thai Baht (about $6,000 US), a large sum of money in rural Thailand. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Fighting cocks in Thailand do not wear the spurs or razor blades that they do in some countries and most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights. Many small rural communities have at least one cockfighting arena.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 APRIL 2010 - PLA PAK, NAKHON PHANOM, THAILAND: Men watch a cockfight in a private pit in rural Thailand. Cockfighting is enormously popular in rural Thailand. A big fight can bring the ring operator as much as 200,000 Thai Baht (about $6,000 US), a large sum of money in rural Thailand. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Fighting cocks in Thailand do not wear the spurs or razor blades that they do in some countries and most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights. Many small rural communities have at least one cockfighting arena.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 APRIL 2010 - PLA PAK, NAKHON PHANOM, THAILAND: A cock's owner comforts his bird after a cockfight in rural northeast Thailand. Cockfighting is enormously popular in rural Thailand. A big fight can bring the ring operator as much as 200,000 Thai Baht (about $6,000 US), a large sum of money in rural Thailand. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Fighting cocks in Thailand do not wear the spurs or razor blades that they do in some countries and most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights. Many small rural communities have at least one cockfighting arena.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 APRIL 2010 - PLA PAK, NAKHON PHANOM, THAILAND: A bookie tallies his take after a long shot bird he put a bet on won in a cockfight in northeastern Thailand. Cockfighting is enormously popular in rural Thailand. A big fight can bring the ring operator as much as 200,000 Thai Baht (about $6,000 US), a large sum of money in rural Thailand. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Fighting cocks in Thailand do not wear the spurs or razor blades that they do in some countries and most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights. Many small rural communities have at least one cockfighting arena.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 APRIL 2010 - PLA PAK, NAKHON PHANOM, THAILAND: Bookies watch the action at a cockfight in Nakhon Phanom province, Thailand. Cockfighting is enormously popular in rural Thailand. A big fight can bring the ring operator as much as 200,000 Thai Baht (about $6,000 US), a large sum of money in rural Thailand. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Fighting cocks in Thailand do not wear the spurs or razor blades that they do in some countries and most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights. Many small rural communities have at least one cockfighting arena.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 APRIL 2010 - PLA PAK, NAKHON PHANOM, THAILAND: A trainer massages his cock's neck after the bird passed during a cockfight in Nakhon Phanom province, Thailand. The bird apparently came back from the dead (as one bookie put it) and went on to win its fight. Cockfighting is enormously popular in rural Thailand. A big fight can bring the ring operator as much as 200,000 Thai Baht (about $6,000 US), a large sum of money in rural Thailand. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Fighting cocks in Thailand do not wear the spurs or razor blades that they do in some countries and most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights. Many small rural communities have at least one cockfighting arena.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 APRIL 2010 - PLA PAK, NAKHON PHANOM, THAILAND: Men watch a cockfight in a private pit in rural Thailand. Cockfighting is enormously popular in rural Thailand. A big fight can bring the ring operator as much as 200,000 Thai Baht (about $6,000 US), a large sum of money in rural Thailand. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Fighting cocks in Thailand do not wear the spurs or razor blades that they do in some countries and most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights. Many small rural communities have at least one cockfighting arena.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 APRIL 2010 - PLA PAK, NAKHON PHANOM, THAILAND: Glue is used to repair wings on fighting cocks at a pit in rural Thailand. Cockfighting is enormously popular in rural Thailand. A big fight can bring the ring operator as much as 200,000 Thai Baht (about $6,000 US), a large sum of money in rural Thailand. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Fighting cocks in Thailand do not wear the spurs or razor blades that they do in some countries and most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights. Many small rural communities have at least one cockfighting arena.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 APRIL 2010 - PLA PAK, NAKHON PHANOM, THAILAND: Men watch and wager on cock fights in a pit in rural Thailand. The wagering continues with the odds continuously changing through the fight. Cockfighting is enormously popular in rural Thailand. A big fight can bring the ring operator as much as 200,000 Thai Baht (about $6,000 US), a large sum of money in rural Thailand. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Fighting cocks in Thailand do not wear the spurs or razor blades that they do in some countries and most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights. Many small rural communities have at least one cockfighting arena.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 APRIL 2010 - PLA PAK, NAKHON PHANOM, THAILAND: Men watch and wager on cock fights in a pit in rural Thailand. The wagering continues with the odds continuously changing through the fight. Cockfighting is enormously popular in rural Thailand. A big fight can bring the ring operator as much as 200,000 Thai Baht (about $6,000 US), a large sum of money in rural Thailand. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Fighting cocks in Thailand do not wear the spurs or razor blades that they do in some countries and most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights. Many small rural communities have at least one cockfighting arena.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 APRIL 2010 - PLA PAK, NAKHON PHANOM, THAILAND: Men watch and wager on cock fights in a pit in rural Thailand. The wagering continues with the odds continuously changing through the fight. Cockfighting is enormously popular in rural Thailand. A big fight can bring the ring operator as much as 200,000 Thai Baht (about $6,000 US), a large sum of money in rural Thailand. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Fighting cocks in Thailand do not wear the spurs or razor blades that they do in some countries and most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights. Many small rural communities have at least one cockfighting arena.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 APRIL 2010 - PLA PAK, NAKHON PHANOM, THAILAND: Fighting cocks in a small private pit in Pla Pak district of Nakhon Phanom province, Thailand. Cockfighting is enormously popular in rural Thailand. A big fight can bring the ring operator as much as 200,000 Thai Baht (about $6,000 US), a large sum of money in rural Thailand. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Fighting cocks in Thailand do not wear the spurs or razor blades that they do in some countries and most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights. Many small rural communities have at least one cockfighting arena.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 APRIL 2010 - PLA PAK, NAKHON PHANOM, THAILAND: A bookie reacts to his long shot win after the bird he bet on, which passed out in the first round of his fight, came back to win in the last round. Cockfighting is enormously popular in rural Thailand. A big fight can bring the ring operator as much as 200,000 Thai Baht (about $6,000 US), a large sum of money in rural Thailand. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Fighting cocks in Thailand do not wear the spurs or razor blades that they do in some countries and most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights. Many small rural communities have at least one cockfighting arena.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 APRIL 2010 - PLA PAK, NAKHON PHANOM, THAILAND: A bird's owner picks up his fighting cock after the bird won its fight in rural northeast Thailand. Cockfighting is enormously popular in rural Thailand. A big fight can bring the ring operator as much as 200,000 Thai Baht (about $6,000 US), a large sum of money in rural Thailand. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Fighting cocks in Thailand do not wear the spurs or razor blades that they do in some countries and most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights. Many small rural communities have at least one cockfighting arena.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 APRIL 2010 - PLA PAK, NAKHON PHANOM, THAILAND: A trainer cleans the head wounds on his fighting cock after a bout in rural northeastern Thailand. Cockfighting is enormously popular in rural Thailand. A big fight can bring the ring operator as much as 200,000 Thai Baht (about $6,000 US), a large sum of money in rural Thailand. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Fighting cocks in Thailand do not wear the spurs or razor blades that they do in some countries and most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights. Many small rural communities have at least one cockfighting arena.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 APRIL 2010 - PLA PAK, NAKHON PHANOM, THAILAND: A man tends to his fighting cock after it won its bout at a small cock pit in Nakhon Phanom province of Thailand. Cockfighting is enormously popular in rural Thailand. A big fight can bring the ring operator as much as 200,000 Thai Baht (about $6,000 US), a large sum of money in rural Thailand. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Fighting cocks in Thailand do not wear the spurs or razor blades that they do in some countries and most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights. Many small rural communities have at least one cockfighting arena.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 APRIL 2010 - PLA PAK, NAKHON PHANOM, THAILAND: Fighting cocks battle for supremacy at a pit in rural northeastern Thailand. Cockfighting is enormously popular in rural Thailand. A big fight can bring the ring operator as much as 200,000 Thai Baht (about $6,000 US), a large sum of money in rural Thailand. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Fighting cocks in Thailand do not wear the spurs or razor blades that they do in some countries and most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights. Many small rural communities have at least one cockfighting arena.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 APRIL 2010 - PLA PAK, NAKHON PHANOM, THAILAND: Fighting cocks battle for supremacy at a pit in rural northeastern Thailand. Cockfighting is enormously popular in rural Thailand. A big fight can bring the ring operator as much as 200,000 Thai Baht (about $6,000 US), a large sum of money in rural Thailand. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Fighting cocks in Thailand do not wear the spurs or razor blades that they do in some countries and most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights. Many small rural communities have at least one cockfighting arena.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 APRIL 2010 - PLA PAK, NAKHON PHANOM, THAILAND: A man tends to his fighting cock after it won its bout at a small cock pit in Nakhon Phanom province of Thailand. Cockfighting is enormously popular in rural Thailand. A big fight can bring the ring operator as much as 200,000 Thai Baht (about $6,000 US), a large sum of money in rural Thailand. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Fighting cocks in Thailand do not wear the spurs or razor blades that they do in some countries and most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights. Many small rural communities have at least one cockfighting arena.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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