Laws regarding dog fighting (breeding, organising and attending) around the world.
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<ul><li><b>Afghanistan</b>: <cite style="font-style:normal">Motlagh, Jason. "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://content.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,810066760001_2056513,00.html">The Dog Fighters of Kabul</a>". <i>Time</i>. Retrieved on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2014-02-19">February 19, 2014</span>.</cite></li>
<li><b>Argentina</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fbcb.unl.edu.ar/investigacion/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/12/Ley-14346-Malos-tratos-y-actos-de-crueldad-a-los-animales.pdf">Ley 14346 - Malos Tratos y Actos de Crueldad a los Animales</a> <span style="font-size: 0.95em; font-weight: bold; color:#555; position: relative;">(in es)</span>. National University of the Littoral (<span class="mw-formatted-date" title="1954-11-27">27 November 1954</span>). Retrieved on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2020-06-04">4 June 2020</span>.</li>
<li><b>Albania</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140622022804/http://www.gazetadita.al/shenim-a-seshte-ky-nje-emer-i-cuditshem-per-nje-qen/"><i>Peshkopi, qeni fitues quhet... Obama</i>.</a>. Dita. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gazetadita.al/shenim-a-seshte-ky-nje-emer-i-cuditshem-per-nje-qen/">the original</a> on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2014-06-22">2014-06-22</span>. Retrieved on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2020-06-04">2020-06-04</span>.</li>
<li><b>Australia</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190306022745/https://kb.rspca.org.au/Is-dog-fighting-illegal-in-Australia_237.html">Is dog fighting illegal in Australia?</a>. <i>RSPCA Australia Knowledgebase</i> (n.d.). Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kb.rspca.org.au/Is-dog-fighting-illegal-in-Australia_237.html">the original</a> on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2019-03-06">March 6, 2019</span>. Retrieved on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2010-01-26">January 26, 2010</span>.</li>
<li><b>Bolivia</b>: Neil Trent, Stephanie Edwards, Jennifer Felt, and Kelly O’Meara (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://animalstudiesrepository.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1005&amp;context=sota_2005">International Animal Law, with a Concentration on Latin America, Asia, and Africa</a>. <i>International Animal Law, with a Concentration on Latin America, Asia, and Africa</i>. The Humane Society Institute for Science and Policy. Retrieved on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2020-05-17">17 May 2020</span>.</li>
<li><b>Brazil</b>: Lane Azevedo Clayton (2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.animallaw.info/article/overview-brazils-legal-structure-animal-issues">Overview of Brazil's Legal Structure for Animal Issues</a>. <i>Animal Legal &amp; Historical Center</i>. Michigan State University College of Law. Retrieved on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2020-06-04">4 June 2020</span>.<br><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/leis/l9605.htm">Lei nº 9.605 de 12 de Fevereiro de 1998</a> <span style="font-size: 0.95em; font-weight: bold; color:#555; position: relative;">(in pt)</span>. <i>www.planalto.gov.br</i>. Retrieved on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2020-06-04">4 June 2020</span>.</li>
<li><b>Canada</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110606101201/http://cfhs.ca/law/federal_legislation">Canadian Federal Legislation regarding animal welfare</a>. Cfhs.ca. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cfhs.ca/law/federal_legislation/">the original</a> on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2011-06-06">2011-06-06</span>. Retrieved on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2014-05-10">2014-05-10</span>.</li>
<li><b>China</b>: <cite style="font-style:normal"> (<span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2018-04-19">19 April 2018</span>). "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2142422/chinese-police-break-underground-dog-fighting-ring-run-pensioners">Police break up dog-fighting ring in China where dog fights are legal but gambling is not</a>". <i>South China Morning Post</i>. Retrieved on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2018-08-30">30 August 2018</span>.</cite></li>
<li><b>Costa Rica</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nacion.com/vivir/ambiente/Diputados-aprueban-castiga-peleas-perros_0_1411658952.html">Diputados aprueban ley que castiga hasta con tres años de cárcel peleas de perros</a> La Nación. In Spanish</li>
<li><b>European Union, UK, Canada, Australia, South Korea, Russia, Japan, China</b>: <cite class="book" style="font-style:normal">(2018) <i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Hy9iDwAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PA551">The Palgrave Handbook of Practical Animal Ethics</a></i>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:London" class="extiw" title="w:en:London"><span title="capital and largest city of the United Kingdom">London</span></a>:  Palgrave Macmillan, p. 155 Retrieved on 17 May 2020. <small><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Number" class="extiw" title="en:International Standard Book Number">ISBN</a>:  <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781137366719" title="Special:BookSources/9781137366719">9781137366719</a>. </small></cite> (European Union, UK, Canada, Australia, South Korea: illegal. Russia: illegal in Moscow. Japan: "Today, major prefectures outlaw dogfighting, but it remains legal in many other areas of the country..." China: legal, only gambling is illegal.)</li>
<li><b>Guatemala</b>: Article 62 §h of decree no. 5-2017 – Animal Protection and Welfare Act, enacted in April 2017, explicitly prohibits the promotion of, participation in and organisation of shows that include fighting between dogs.<cite style="font-style:normal"> (<span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2017-04-03">3 April 2017</span>). "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://old.congreso.gob.gt/archivos/decretos/2017/CCCVI0870200010005201703042017.pdf">Decreto Número 5-2017 – Ley de Protección y Bienestar Animal</a>". <i>Diario de Centro América</i> <b>306</b> (87): 5. Government of Guatemala. Retrieved on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2020-06-09">9 June 2020</span>.</cite></li>
<li><b>Honduras</b>: Under Article 11 of 'Decree no. 115-2015 ─ Animal Protection and Welfare Act' that went into effect in 2016, dog and cat fights and duck races are prohibited, while 'bullfighting shows and cockfights are part of the National Folklore and as such allowed'. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://extwprlegs1.fao.org/docs/pdf/hon168198.pdf">Decreto Nº 115-2015 ─ Ley de Protección y Bienestar Animal</a> <span style="font-size: 0.95em; font-weight: bold; color:#555; position: relative;">(in es)</span>. Ecolex (2016). Retrieved on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2020-06-09">9 June 2020</span>.<br><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://animalequality.org/news/honduras-bans-use-of-animals-in-circuses-and-dog-fighting/">Honduras bans use of animals in circuses and dog fighting</a></li>
<li><b>Mexico</b>: <cite style="font-style:normal"> (<span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2017-06-24">2017-06-24</span>). "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/dog-fights-as-sport-now-illegal-in-mexico/">Dog fights as sport now illegal in Mexico</a>". <i>Mexico News Daily</i>. Retrieved on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2019-05-02">2019-05-02</span>. "The blood sport of dog fighting became illegal today in Mexico."</cite></li>
<li><b>Morocco</b>: <cite style="font-style:normal"> (<span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2018-08-09">9 August 2018</span>). "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2018/08/251970/moroccan-government-unveils-final-list-of-banned-dog-breeds/">Moroccan Government Unveils Final List of Banned Dog Breeds</a>". <i>Morocco World News</i>. Retrieved on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2018-08-30">30 August 2018</span>.</cite></li>
<li><b>New Zealand</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1999/0142/latest/DLM50434.html?search=ts_act%40bill%40regulation%40deemedreg_animal+welfare_resel_25_a&amp;p=1">Animal Welfare Act 1999</a>. <i>www.legislation.govt.nz/</i>. Retrieved on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2018-08-30">30 August 2018</span>.</li>
<li><b>Paraguay</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bacn.gov.py/leyes-paraguayas/954/de-proteccion-y-bienestar-animal">Ley Nº 4840 / de Proteccion y Bienestar Animal</a> <span style="font-size: 0.95em; font-weight: bold; color:#555; position: relative;">(in es)</span>. <i>Leyes Paraguayas</i>. Biblioteca y Archivo del Congreso de la Nación (<span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2013-01-30">30 January 2013</span>). Retrieved on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2020-06-05">5 June 2020</span>.</li>
<li><b>Pakistan</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tribune.com.pk/story/325802/dogfighting-in-pakistan-is-alive-and-kicking/">Dog fighting in pakistan is alive and kicking</a> (<span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2012-01-23">January 23, 2012</span>). Retrieved on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2012-08-27">August 27, 2012</span>.</li>
<li><b>Panama</b>: Article 7 of Law 308 on the Protection of Animals (2012) banned dog fighting. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.animanaturalis.org/n/23744/panama_prohibe_las_corridas_de_toros">Panamá prohíbe las corridas de toros</a> <span style="font-size: 0.95em; font-weight: bold; color:#555; position: relative;">(in es)</span>. Anima Naturalis (<span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2012-03-15">15 March 2012</span>). Retrieved on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2020-06-06">6 June 2020</span>.</li>
<li><b>Philippines</b>: <cite style="font-style:normal"> (<span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2015-02-13">13 February 2015</span>). "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://blogs.wsj.com/korearealtime/2015/02/13/south-korean-dog-fighting-ring-organizers-return-from-philippines/">South Korean Dog Fighting Ring Organizers Return From Philippines</a>". <i>Wall Street Journal</i>. Retrieved on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2018-08-30">30 August 2018</span>.</cite></li>
<li><b>Russia</b>: <cite style="font-style:normal">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/09/world/europe/09dogfight.html?_r=1&amp;pagewanted=1">A Brutal Sport Is Having Its Day Again in Russia</a>". <i>The New York Times</i>. Retrieved on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2014-05-10">2014-05-10</span>.</cite></li>
<li><b>South Africa</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.animal-info.co.za/dog-fights-back-news-again.html">Dog fights are back in the news… again</a>. Animal-info.co.za. Retrieved on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2014-05-10">2014-05-10</span>.<br>Murphy, Caryle. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-167924565">Hundreds of animals savaged in night-time dog fighting in Cloetesville</a>. Questia Online Library. Retrieved on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2014-05-10">2014-05-10</span>.<br><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/6-sent-to-jail-for-illegal-dog-fighting-14-pit-bulls-rescued-20190527">6 sent to jail for illegal dog fighting, 14 pit bulls rescued</a> <span style="font-size: 0.95em; font-weight: bold; color:#555; position: relative;">(in en)</span>. <i>News24</i> (<span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2019-05-27">2019-05-27</span>). Retrieved on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2019-05-28">2019-05-28</span>.</li>
<li><b>United Arab Emirates</b>: <cite style="font-style:normal">Ashley Hammond (<span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2019-05-27">27 May 2019</span>). "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://gulfnews.com/uae/crime/dog-fighting-in-uae-incident-of-abused-rottweiler-pup-prompts-ministry-to-issue-warning-1.64177419">Dog fighting in UAE? Incident of abused Rottweiler pup prompts ministry to issue warning</a>". <i>Gulf News</i>. Al Nisr Publishing. Retrieved on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2020-05-17">17 May 2020</span>.</cite></li>
<li><b>United States</b>: <cite style="font-style:normal"> (<span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2007-07-19">2007-07-19</span>). "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/18/dog.fighting/">Dogfighting a booming business, experts say</a>". <i>CNN</i>. Retrieved on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2013-04-04">4 April 2013</span>.</cite></li></ul>