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The annual event was revived in 1994 as part of Madrid's annual Fiesta de la Trashumancia, after the Spanish parliament recognised the traditional routes used to herd livestock.
The dog, who had multiple birth defects, was found in the centre of Pembroke, Wales, in September. Greenacres Rescue took her in and raised funds for her surgery.
"This game is related to our faith and tradition," said Satya Nath Bharali, 85, one of the thousands of spectators who came to watch around 100 birds fight on Monday. "This has been happening for hundreds of years."
Environmental activists, however, blame deforestation as the root cause of the problem, saying elephants are being driven off their natural habitat into more built-up areas.
It weighed 802.5 pounds (364 kilogrammes) and measured 14 feet, 3 inches long, breaking the previous record by over 2 inches, the department said.
The fur of common pumas at birth is light brown or reddish with black flecks. The genetic mutation that causes white pigmentation is rare among the species, and there are hardly any documented cases in the world.
"To our knowledge, this is the first documented case of active wound treatment with a plant species with medical properties by a wild animal," said study senior author Caroline Schuppli, an evolutionary biologist at the institute.