Pitting animals against other animals remains a hot topic today. Blood sports, as they are called, are illegal in many countries, although they remain legal in some. A few centuries back, they were perfectly legal and were a pastime. Humans even bred some animals specifically for blood sports. Here are some animals humans specifically bred for blood sports.
Cordoba: Bred for Fighting Dog
The Cordoba Fighting Dog is an extinct breed of dog specifically bred for dog fighting. It was bred in Cordoba, Argentina, which is where it got its name. It is believed to have been created by crossbreeding Spanish fighting mastiffs and bulldogs with Bull Terriers. The Cordoba Fighting Dog was beloved among dog fighters for its agility and aggressiveness. It readily took on other dogs and even bigger wild animals like pumas. Aggressive Males would even attack and kill females while mating. Humans were not spared, either, since the dog was equally aggressive toward people. The dog finally went extinct when dog fighting was outlawed.
Asil: Bred For: Cockfighting
The Asil (sometimes called Aseel) chicken is the oldest chicken breed used for cockfighting. It was first bred for cockfighting in India over 2,000 years ago and has been improved over the centuries. The Asil is a hard fighter. Unlike other cocks, they do not wear artificial spurs during fights. They use their natural spurs covered in tape. They are also very aggressive and will remain in a fight for days. Defeat is never an option. Young Asil birds will naturally start training and holding mock fights when they are a few weeks old.
Lusitano: Bred For: Bullfighting
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One little-known fact about Spanish bullfights is that during the fight, a matador, called a picador, atop a horse uses his pike to wound the animal’s neck and weaken it. The Lusitano horse is one of the few breeds of horses used by the picador. Sometimes, they are blindfolded and don’t see the bull, while other times, they aren’t blindfolded and are left to skillfully dodge the bull’s horns as the picador tries to stab it. Lusitano horses are favored because of their bravery, calmness, and swiftness. They do not run away like other horses and will even move toward the bull. Cagancho is one famous Lusitano horse. In a career spanning over 11 years, he fought more than 1,000 bulls in over 300 bullfights in Spain, Portugal, Mexico, and France.
Betta: Bred For Fish Fighting
The Betta fish is also known as the Siamese fighting fish because it was bred for fighting in Siam (today’s Thailand). Even their name was derived from the name of a warrior tribe called the Bettah. Bettas have been used for fish fighting since the 1800s, when the people of Siam realized that the fish would fight when put together. The fights usually lasted for few minutes until one retreated, but people soon started breeding them for fighting.
Bull And Terrier: Bred For Dog Fighting
The Bull and Terrier (not to be confused with the Bull Terrier) was a fighting dog bred by crossing a bulldog with a terrier. It is the predecessor of the modern Bull Terrier, among other breeds. Dog fighting became the go-to sport when bullbaiting was made illegal in England in 1835. Fighters needed the dogs to be so small that it could be more easily hidden if the police ever arrived at the fighting scene. This made them cross the Olde Type Bulldog with different terriers. The result was a dog that was as fast and alert as the terrier but with the power and high pain threshold of the bulldog. It fought to death.
Samurai Spiders: Bred For Spider Battles
In June every year, residents of the city of Kajiki, Kagoshima, Japan, hold spider battles, which are called kumo gassen. The fights, which have been held for over 400 years, involve pitting two female Argiope amoena spiders, which are also called samurai spiders, against each other. The spiders do not fight to death, and there is always a human referee to separate them whenever a fight becomes messy. Spiders can win a fight in one of three ways: when they bite first, when they capture their opponent with their web, or when they destroy their opponent’s web.
Miura: Bred For Bullfighting
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Miura bulls are one of the most hardened of all Spanish fighting bulls. They are bred on a cattle ranch in Seville, Spain, which was originally owned by Don Eduardo Miura Fernandez. The first Miura bull graced the bullring on April 30, 1849. Miura bulls are known for being big and aggressive. One Miura bull named Murcielago, survived 24 stabbings from a picador in 1879. The bull was later spared.
Kelso: Bred For Cockfighting
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Kelso cocks are a breed of cockfighting chickens originally bred by Walter Kelso. Kelso created the gene pool by buying winning cocks after fights and crossbreeding them with other hens. These days, the Kelso cock has its own subbreeds. In the Philippines, there is the Firebird Kelso breed, which is bred by Sir Biboy Enriquez, who is regarded as “the Kelso Man of the Philippines.”
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