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Olympic hurdler, Javier Culson, on San Juan, Puerto Rico after a press conference on June 12, 2012. Culson won a silver medal at the World Championships in 2011in the 400 meters, the distance in which he specializes on, and will be competing at London 2012 Summer Olympic Games. (Photo by Erika P. Rodriguez/El Nuevo Dia ©2012)

Fighting roosters that died after their respective fights inside a trashcan at the Coliseo Gallistico of Bayamon on June 15, 2012 in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. The animals are discarded after they die, they can not be consumed due to the antibiotics the cock-fighters give them while in training. (Photo by Erika P. Rodríguez ©2012)

Cockfighting at the Coliseo Gallistico of Bayamon on June 15, 2012 in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. The Caribbean island, where the sport is practiced legally, has over 120 “galleras”, cockfighting rings, that are active on a regular basis. The rings get heated during the fights as people bet, or increase their bets, on a rooster while on the fighting ring. (Photo by Erika P. Rodríguez ©2012)

“Pelea de Gallos”, cockfighting, on June 15, 2012 at the Coliseo Gallistico of Bayamon in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. The fights consist of 14-minute rounds where the two fighting roosters, which are matched in the beginning by their weights, attack each other until the other one dies or stops fighting. (Photo by Erika P. Rodríguez ©2012)

A fighting rooster at the display cage after having the spurs bounded to its feet, on the waiting to be put to fight at the Coliseo Gallistico of Bayamon in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. (Photo by Erika P. Rodríguez ©2012)