I think it's a money making thing!
In my opinion..people I have known that lived in the deep country put their animals below them. They regard them as an animal..not a human.They have little regards for their animals . If they don't obey..they are shot and replaced..just like that.
Cats and kittens were put in bags and drowned in a lake.If they didn't kill mice they were of no use to the farmer and they were disposed of.
People that have the animal fights probably just see them as a way to earn a buck. To them they are just animals and if they can't produce money (by winning fights) they are discarded.
It is probably an everyday life thing to the owners..I have seen cruel things done to animals on a farm that the farmer doesn't think twice about.( Like putting a pig in a small stall and deballing him with no anesthesia... I cried when they squelled) I can see what Whoopi may have meant. It is cruel still..but she wasn't showing approval..just stating a fact as she sees it. An unwise decision it would seem.
(Ever see a chicken running around with his head cut off?)
Whoopi is a good actress..and I wouldn't stop seeing her films because of a statement she made. (So far)
Snoozy...