Idk how many of you know this but in real life cock-fighting, they do actually put little knives on the roosters spurs. I can completely understand where the people who were complaining were coming from, if you know about the "sport" it would be a very disturbing reminder of it to see. I can also see where, if you didn't know about it, you wouldn't be able to see it. Or even if you did you might not see it, heck i knew about it and didn't make the connection until i saw the argument against it. I wasn't one of the ones arguing for a change but i'm not super upset about it either. Also it's a bit of a stretch to say "why not do that with battlemares". One is a bloodsport pitting animal against animal for the sake of human "entertainment" and money. The other is a tamed herd animal that has bonds with it's riders taking them into battle. You really can't compare them.