Laws regarding cockfighting (breeding, organising and attending) around the world.
  Nationwide ban on cockfighting
  Nationwide ban on cockfighting, but some designated local traditions exempted
  Some subnational bans on cockfighting
  Cockfighting legal
  No data
Own work. Sources used in creating this map:

Argentina: Ley 14346 - Malos Tratos y Actos de Crueldad a los Animales (in es). National University of the Littoral (27 November 1954). Retrieved on 4 June 2020.
Australia: Is cock fighting illegal in Australia?. RSPCA Australia knowledgebase. RSPCA Australia-Kb.rspca.org.au (2009-03-17). Retrieved on 2014-02-11.Dozens charged in major cockfight (2012-09-09). Retrieved on 19 January 2018.
Belgium: Roel Damiaans (13 January 2020). "Hanengevechten zijn al 153 jaar verboden, maar vallen niet uit te roeien". Het Belang van Limburg. Retrieved on 4 June 2020.
Brazil: Lane Azevedo Clayton (2011). Overview of Brazil's Legal Structure for Animal Issues. Animal Legal &amp; Historical Center. Michigan State University College of Law. Retrieved on 4 June 2020.Lei nº 9.605 de 12 de Fevereiro de 1998 (in pt). www.planalto.gov.br. Retrieved on 4 June 2020.
Chile: Ley Núm. 20.380 Sobre Protección de Animales (in es). LeyChile.cl (3 October 2009). Retrieved on 5 June 2020.
Colombia: FM, La (2019-03-27). Corte dice que corridas de toros y peleas de gallos son de arraigo cultural (in spanish). www.lafm.com.co. Retrieved on 2019-04-10.
Costa Rica:  (2017). "Maltratar a un animal será castigado hasta con 2 años de cárcel; multas serán hasta de ¢212.000". La Nación. Retrieved on 13 May 2017.
Cuba: Agustín Pupo Domenech, El Gallo Fino Cubano, 151 pp. Editorial SI-MAR, S.A., La Habana, Cuba 1995 (ISBN 9597054051).
Dominican Republic:  (14 December 2018). "Dominicans beware of US total ban on cockfights". Dominican Today. Retrieved on 5 June 2020.
France:  (January 22, 2006). "British fans flock to French cockfights". The Times. Retrieved on February 22, 2008.Le Guide bu Nord de Pas de Calais (in French). Region Nord Pas de calais. Archived from the original on February 5, 2008. Retrieved on February 22, 2008.French court upholds ban on new cockfighting arenas, France24 (July 31, 2015).
Haiti: Nevins, Debbie (2015)       Haiti: Third Edition, Category:New York:  Cavendish Square Publishing, p. 110 Retrieved on 5 June 2020. ISBN:  9781502608031. 
Honduras: Under Article 11 of 'Decree no. 115-2015 ─ Animal Protection and Welfare Act' that went into effect in 2016, dog and cat fights and duck races are prohibited, while 'bullfighting shows and cockfights are part of the National Folklore and as such allowed'. Decreto Nº 115-2015 ─ Ley de Protección y Bienestar Animal (in es). Ecolex (2016). Archived from the original on 2020-06-09. Retrieved on 9 June 2020.
India: SC puts interim ban on 'cock-fights' sport in AP (January 13, 2015).This Sankranti, Rs 1,000 cr riding on roosters (January 11, 2015).Srinivasa Rao Apparasu (January 17, 2018). Banned, but cockfighting spikes in coastal Andhra Pradesh during Sankranti.
Indonesia: Cook, William (January 3, 2015). "The Spectator". magazine.
Iraq: Cockfighting in Iraq: a different kind of battle. Yourmiddleeast.com (2012-04-11). Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved on 2014-02-11.
Japan: Louis Frédéric, Japan Encyclopedia (trans. Käthe Roth: Harvard University Press, 2002), pp. 132-33.
Malaysia: Animal Welfare Bill 2015
Mexico: Prohiben las peleas de gallos y perros en el df pero no las corridas de torosProhíbe Coahuila peleas de gallos y de otros animales (Coahuila prohibits fighting of roosters and other animals)
Netherlands:  (11 December 2018). "Hanengevechten in Nederland: 'Dit zijn barbaarse praktijken'". RTL Nieuws. Retrieved on 16 May 2020.
New Zealand: Animal Welfare Act 1999. www.legislation.govt.nz. Retrieved on 31 August 2018.
Pakistan: only betting is illegal. Cockfight signifies cruel culture – Thursday, 26 July 2012. Pakistantoday.com.pk (2012-01-09). Retrieved on 2014-05-10.
Panama: Law 308 on the Protection of Animals (2012) makes a legal exemption for cockfighting. Panamá prohíbe las corridas de toros (in es). Anima Naturalis (15 March 2012). Retrieved on 6 June 2020.
Paraguay: Ley Nº 4840 / de Proteccion y Bienestar Animal (in es). Leyes Paraguayas. Biblioteca y Archivo del Congreso de la Nación (30 January 2013). Retrieved on 5 June 2020.
Peru:  (26 February). "Cock and bull fighting are legal, Peru's top court rules". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved on 4 June 2020.
Philippines:  (28 December 2012). "Banned on Rizal Day: cockfighting, horse-racing and jai-alai". Rappler. Retrieved on 21 August 2015.Noreen Jazul (March 16, 2020). "DILG bans cockfighting until April 14". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved on April 27, 2020. (March 14, 2020). "DILG bans local officials traveling overseas amid COVID-19 crisis". ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs. Retrieved on April 27, 2020. (April 17, 2020). "Davao City bans cockfights, small-town lottery". Rappler. Retrieved on April 27, 2020.
Russia: What countries is cockfighting legal?. moviecultists.com. Retrieved on 2022-01-04.
Spain: Peleas de gallo, una actividad legal en Andalucía (in es). canalsur.es. Retrieved on 2019-03-18.Octavio Toledo, Cockfighting ban for Canary Islands fizzles out in Congress, El País (February 16, 2015).Aleksin H. Ortega, "Cockfighting" in Encyclopedia of Latino Culture: From Calaveras to Quinceaneras, Vol. 1 (ed. Charles M. Tatum: Greenwood, 2014), pp. 757-58.
United Kingdom: Collins, T. (2005)       Encyclopedia of Traditional British Rural Sports, Routledge Retrieved on December 5, 2007. ISBN:  978-0-415-35224-6. McClure, David (1994)       Tolls and Tacksmen, Ayr Arch &amp; Nat Hist Soc. Ayrshire Monograph No. 13, p. 53  
United States: HSLF (February 4, 2014). Farm Bill Strengthens Animal Fighting Law, Maintains State Farm Animal Protection Laws. Humane Society of the United States.Jon Perez, "Cockfighting Ban Now Law", Saipan Tribune, 24 December 2018.
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