the biggest cockfighting arena in Port-au-Prince


People watch a cockfight at the Petion Ville neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, July 10, 2011. Since the Mapeus, the biggest cockfighting arena in Port-au-Prince, was destroyed during the Jan. 2010 earthquake, people gather three to four times a week in small places around the capital to bet for their favorite animals. Cockfighting is legal in Haiti

People watch a cockfight at the Petion Ville neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, July 10, 2011. Since the Mapeus, the biggest cockfighting arena in Port-au-Prince, was destroyed during the Jan. 2010 earthquake, people gather three to four times a week in small places around the capital to bet for their favorite animals. Cockfighting is legal in Haiti.

Men watch a cockfightat the Petion Ville neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, July 10, 2011

Men bet before a cockfight at the Petion Ville neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, July 10, 2011. Since the Mapeus, the biggest cockfighting arena in Port-au-Prince, was destroyed during the Jan. 2010 earthquake, people gather three to four times a week in small places around the capital to bet for their favorite animals. Cockfighting is legal in Haiti


A man prepares a fighting cock before a cockfight at the Petion Ville neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, July 10, 2011.

A cock looks on during a cockfight at the Petion Ville neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, July 10, 2011. Since the Mapeus, the biggest cockfighting arena in Port-au-Prince, was destroyed during the Jan. 2010 earthquake, people gather three to four times a week in small places around the capital to bet for their favorite animals. Cockfighting is legal in Haiti.

A man holds a fighting cock that wears a hood to prevent it from biting spectators, during a cockfighting at the Petion Ville neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, July 10, 2011.

A man poses for a picture as he holds a fighting cock that is wearing a hood to prevent it from biting spectators, before a cockfight at the Petion Ville neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, July 10, 2011. Since the Mapeus, the biggest cockfighting arena in Port-au-Prince, was destroyed during the Jan. 2010 earthquake, people gather three to four times a week in small places around the capital to bet for their favorite animals. Cockfighting is legal in Haiti.