Editing Cockfighting (section)

=== Spain ===
Cockfighting is banned in Spain except in two [[Spanish regions]]: the [[Canary Islands]] and [[Andalusia]]. In Andalusia, however, the activity has virtually disappeared, surviving only within a program to maintain the  fighting breed "combatiente español" coordinated by the [[University of Córdoba (Spain)|University of Córdoba]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.canalsur.es/noticias/peleas-de-gallo-una-actividad-legal-en-andalucia/1163637.html|title=Peleas de gallo, una actividad legal en Andalucía|website=[[canalsur.es]]|language=es|access-date=2019-03-18}}</ref> Spain's Animal Protection Law of 1991 recognizes an exception for these regions based on cultural heritage and a history of cockfighting in the region.<ref name="Spain">Octavio Toledo, [https://elpais.com/elpais/2015/02/16/inenglish/1424081935_993566.html Cockfighting ban for Canary Islands fizzles out in Congress], ''El País'' (February 16, 2015).</ref><ref name="Ortega">Aleksin H. Ortega, "Cockfighting" in ''Encyclopedia of Latino Culture: From Calaveras to Quinceaneras'', Vol. 1 (ed. Charles M. Tatum: Greenwood, 2014), pp. 757–58.</ref> Animal rights organizations have sought to ban the bloodsport nationwide, but have not been successful in advancing legislation through the [[Spanish Parliament]].<ref name="Spain"/>