I’m against cockfighting. If only for it’s role in electing a democrat Governor of Oklahoma in 2002. They passed the ban via referendum but the elevated turnout among hickocrats wanting to save their “sport” was one of the key factors that helped hickocrat candidate Brad Henry score a narrow upset over Steve Largent.
Which is why cockfighting should be legal and its legality should not be placed on the ballot. : )
I’ve never been to a cockfight, nor do I wish to go to one, but I think that it would take more than concern for animal rights to shut down an industry that employs (directly or indirectly) 100,000 people in Puerto Rico (an island with a population below 4 million).