Originally Posted by wolf

So, cockfighting is okay because it's "cultural" (and chickens, incidentally, aren't terribly personable), but dogfighting, which likely has a longer history and cultural ties is not?

Originally Posted by Hime

I am a vegetarian and believe in animal rights, but even accepting the argument that animal rights are a cultural construct and that we shouldn't expect others to share that idea, raising dangerous dogs and training them to kill without any license or permit and contrary to zoning regulations is a great way to get people hurt or killed, too. What if one of the dogs had gotten loose?