Paul Rouse: Old arguments now lost as Colombia bans cockfighting 

It does not necessarily mean that this world will disappear. Indeed, it almost certainly won’t.

People attend a cockfight during holidays in the San Juan de Micay village in Micay Canyon, a mountainous area and Central General Staff (EMC) stronghold in Cauca Department, southwestern Colombia. Pic: RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP via Getty Images 

Last September, the courts in Colombia banned the sport of cockfighting. It is not an immediate ban. Instead, there is now a three-year “transition period” underway.

This period is being allowed because of the importance of cockfighting as an industry to many Colombians.