Cockfights might knockout Peru’s rarest fish?

Mongabay
Feb 26, 2026, 8:35 am149 pts
In Peru, cockfighting is legal — and one of its traditional weapons, a spur, may be pushing an ancient species closer to extinction. For decades, rostral teeth from the critically endangered sawfish have been carved into razor-sharp spurs used in rooster fights. Though selling sawfish parts is illegal, these…

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