Editing Cockfighting (section)

=== Brazil ===
Cockfighting (''rinha de galos'') was banned in 1934 with the help of President [[Getúlio Vargas]] through Brazil's 1934 constitution, passed on 16 July. Based on the recognition of animal rights in the Constitution, a Brazilian Supreme Court ruling resulted in the ban of animal related activities that involve claimed "animal suffering such as cockfighting, and a tradition practiced in southern Brazil, known as 'Farra do Boi' (the Oxen Festival)",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animallaw.info/nonus/articles/ovbrazil.htm |title=Overview of Brazil's Legal Structure for Animal Issues – Lane Azevedo Clayton – Animal Legal & Historical Center = Publish Date: 2011 |publisher=Animallaw.info |access-date=2014-05-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731075539/http://www.animallaw.info/nonus/articles/ovbrazil.htm |archive-date=2013-07-31 }}</ref> stating that "animals also have the right to legal protection against mistreatment and suffering".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.joinuniverse.com/brazilian-animal-law/ |title=Brazilian animal law – Alex P |publisher=JoinUniverse |date=2012-06-19 |access-date=2014-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313203444/http://www.joinuniverse.com/brazilian-animal-law/ |archive-date=2013-03-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref>