underatood and thanks for the reply Mal. My question was for real and two foldm one to ask if it was indeed against the law, dog fighting that is, and two if it was common practice. I was also making the point that outlawing something does not necessarily end its practice.

No doubt, cockfighting and dog fighting are barbaric practices that should be against the law and should be eliminated. Endangered species should be proteced. The politics of achieving that are tremendously complicated.