picture speaks for itself!

[Kelena]

Agree with Chunky. For the most part, Southerners LOVE their dogs. I do know the AP reported that it was a "Southern" thing, but the AP is a yankee outfit, and was in the process of excusing Vick, by way of ascribing his heartlessness to a supposed regional tradition. Cockfighting, on the other hand, does have its Southern adherents, especially in Louisiana. After you have been chased by a rooster, you do sort of understand why some people might be inclined to turn the roosters on one another.

I do have to say, for animal cruelty, Hawai'i takes the cake. When I stayed in Honaunau, cockfights everywhere.

Puna? Sad, chained up dogs everywhere. There needs to be a law like in California: chained up for three hours max.

Culturally Hawaiiian? Don't think so.