Is bullfighting, cockfighting or bear baiting legal in Canada?
To be honest, I’m not sure about Canada, but I know that cockfighting is very popular in the Philippines, as it’s a traditional fight or even an ancient tradition. In general, sabong is legal. By the way, there is a good site GoPerya PH, where you can also bet on various games and traditional sports, including sabong, and for this you don’t need to travel to the Philippines.
No. In Canada the law states that anyone who wilfully kills, maims, wounds, poisons or injures cattle, dogs, birds or other animals is guilty of an indictable offence. It is also an offence to wilfully cause or permit to cause unnecessary pain, suffering or injury to an animal or a bird; and in any manner encourage, aid or assist at the fighting or baiting of animals or birds. However, while this may seem like strong legislation, in fact there are loopholes that make it difficult to prosecute animal cruelty cases in Canada. Improving Canadian legislation, and legislation around the world, is something that WSPA works actively on. It’s part of the reason why we felt it so important to run the Exotic Fights campaign.
