The sharp spurs on the leg of the rooster is seen during a cockfighting ritual in the western Indian state of West Bengal. Photo: Getty Images
A painting dated 1790 and titled ‘Colonel Mordaunt watching a cock fight at Lucknow'. In an open-sided tent, East India Company officers and administrators sit and stand under a canopy. In the foreground two cocks with metal spurs fight, anxiously watched by attendants. Various members of the surrounding Indian crowd hold their fighting cocks in readiness for their turn. The work belonged to Warren Hastings, the first Governor-General of India. Photo: Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images
Spectators at a cockfight in West Bengal. Photo: Getty Images
Cockfighting sometimes gets deadly for humans too. Photo: Getty Images
