Each country does have their own culture when it comes to some aspects which it might really be looking bad into most peoples eyes but eventually these things are something turns out to be traditional.
Lets just respect on whats other views and activities in related to gambling.It might not really be that looking good or something in correlates with animal cruelty but since this do involves gamefowl
which are really that easy to breed and easy to be produced or something then it wont really be that much an issue.
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I disagree with this point of view strongly. I won't be brushing cruelty against animals under the mat because it's cultural thing. There are many things that you don't have to respect just because they are based on old ways. Many people in these countries don't respect them either. Some of these laws preventing animal cruelty would move forward faster when there would be a public outcry and these governments decide to step in as they care about their optics and tourism. Some injustices need to be talked about or otherwise they won't ever change.
Then what's your solution to stop all this mess? Can you do something to stop the cultural activities that are legal in a country?
Don't act like that as in a country where cock fight is legal and many people support it, it will just continue.
Rather than stress yourself on how to stop it, you can just easily and simply ignore it.
I don't see anything wrong with o48o's opinion as I think it is actually right. I also live in a country where cock fighting is too common, and a lot of people are involved on it however not because it's somehow a culture that goes way back and doesn't justify that it should be legal to make animals fight to the death. I know that we kill these chickens for our own consumption, but it should be done without unnecessary violence and cruelty.
I also, remember how Dog fights were common in a lot of countries including mine where there are even instances that dogs are used for our own consumption as well but right now, it is now illegal.