But there is unlikely to be progress until things are made illegal. That process can change what's considered socially acceptable. In the UK and Ireland dog fighting is seen as abhorrent by the vast majority. This wasn't always the case. Animal welfare laws have led to big changes.
Why do you think it's irrelevant? I mentioned Latin American countries because other people had mentioned them as places where dog fighting takes place. Or do you mean it's irrelevant because people still do it? Well yes, I'm sure dog fighting still happens even in places where it has been banned. But at least a change in the law is a step in the right direction. Combatting dog fighting in countries where there are massive issues with gang violence and drug trafficking (I'm thinking particularly of central American countries like Honduras and El Salvador, as well as Mexico) is hardly going to be a walk in the park, especially when you consider that, according to some posters on this thread, it is still happening in the UK and Ireland, where we supposedly think ourselves above such things.
I was ignorant of it too. I'm obviously a bit naive but I thought puppy mills were our biggest problem (not that they aren't a massive problem).
I think a lot of what we consider moral or ethical is based on the social norms of our own culture. In a society where fox hunting is a tradition a lot of people don't see it as wrong. Perhaps it's similar in countries where cock fighting/ dog fighting is a tradition.
That was from a UK documentary. It seemed to be rife in the Asian population over here, the documentary was filmed in Birmingham.
