In recent years, the public has seen undeniable evidence of the relationship between cruelty to animals and violence against humans. Children exposed to cockfights may be learning that it's alright to intentionally hurt animals for fun and that the animals are disposable items. Hidden cameras at cockfights have shown children wringing the necks of dying birds before flinging them into the trash. Other children watching appeared to be torn between confusion, pity and shame. Throughout history, many heinous things, such as slavery, child labor, and the subjugation of native Americans and women were all strenuously defended on the basis of tradition, culture, and even economics.
Animal fighting is no different.
However, economics does not justify the continuation of a brutal sport which involves intentional cruelty to animals.