After Jallikattu legalisation, call to allow cockfights intensifies

[V.Balasubramani]

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[h=1]After Jallikattu legalisation, call to allow cockfights intensifies[/h]

[h=2]After the Centre lifted a SC ban on the traditional bullfighting sport of Tamil Nadu, Jallikattu, there have been increased calls from Andhra Pradesh to allows Kodipandelu, or cockfighting, during the Sankranti festival. (HT File Photo)[/h]----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

With the Centre bowing to pressure from Tamil Nadu and allowing the controversial bull-taming sport Jallikattu to be held in the poll-bound state, the public and politicians in Andhra Pradesh too have raised their voice, calling for the popular Kodipandelu or cock-fight to be held without any restrictions during next week’s Sankranti festival.

At present, Kodipandelu is prohibited under the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals Act, 1960, and the Andhra Pradesh Gaming Act, 1974. Thousands of roosters fight to their death in the traditional rural recreational sport, with hundreds of crores of betting money also changing hands during the games.

The state police submitted an affidavit in the Hyderabad high court, which said that it would take the steps necessary to prevent Kodipandelu. West Godavari district superintendent of police Bhaskar Bhushan told HT that the cock-fights are prohibited. “There are laws in place preventing cruelty towards animals and against gambling.


Read more at: http://www.hindustantimes.com/india...hting-in-ap/story-r8vtY2IuYHrObZphYmGyQM.html

 

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[asadu]

There is no harm in allowing cockfight. After the fight, the winner can eat the cock. After all, people eat, chicken, now they will eat them after the fight. somewhere, i heard they conduct cokroach race also. these are sports, not cruelty to animals.

 

[V.Balasubramani]

There is no harm in allowing cockfight. After the fight, the winner can eat the cock. After all, people eat, chicken, now they will eat them after the fight. somewhere, i heard they conduct cokroach race also. these are sports, not cruelty to animals.

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Cruel sports
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There is nothing remotely “sporting” about sports that involve unwilling animal participants. For the animals who are forced to participate in them, these activities are no game—they are about survival. Even the “winners” emerge physically and emotionally scarred—and the losers pay with their lives.

Bulls who are used in bullfighting are deliberately weakened before the fights by being drugged and sometimes having their horns shaved down in order to disorient them, sandbags dropped on their backs, and petroleum jelly rubbed into their eyes to blur their vision. The tortured bulls never stand a chance against the matador, who tries to kill them slowly with repeated stabbing.

No animal deserves to be abused or killed for “entertainment.” Please help sideline these cruel “sports” by never attending or supporting them.

Read more at: http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-in-entertainment/cruel-sports/


P.S: Animals are not ours to eat. wear. experiment on, use for entertainmnet, or abuse in any other way ... PeTA

 

[V.Balasubramani]

[h=2]Despite court ban, AP villages gearing up for cock fights[/h][h=6]By Lalita Iyer | January 08, 2016[/h]part from the grand releases of films, there is a certain excitement in the air for this Sankranthi in Andhra Pradesh, with villages gearing up for the traditional cock fight game. Though the high court has banned the event, money is changing hands with all the betting going on.

The high court had earlier directed the state government to ban cock fight and file an affidavit on the measures taken by it in this regard, after a PIL was filed by one Jagadish Kumar, a native of West Godavari. The AP government in turn informed the court on Thursday that it would take action against anyone who organised cock-fights during Sankranthi festival.

The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, passed by the Government of India in 1960, prohibits bullfighting, bullock-cart races and other sports involving animals. Gambling and cock-fights are offences under The Prevention and Cruelty to Animals Act, the Andhra Pradesh Gaming Act, and Andhra Pradesh Towns Nuisance Act, 1889.

The Tamil Nadu government managed to get approval from the Centre for Jallikattu or bull taming by a gazzette notification which has drawn strong protests from animal rights activists.

Read more at: http://www.theweek.in/news/india/despite-court-ban-andhra-villages-set-for-cock-fights.html

 

[yesmohan]

Are the Ccckfights and cokroach races conducted as sports or gambling ?

 

[prasad1]

There is no harm in allowing cockfight. After the fight, the winner can eat the cock. After all, people eat, chicken, now they will eat them after the fight. somewhere, i heard they conduct cokroach race also. these are sports, not cruelty to animals.

Did we ask the animals?
To an extent Boxing or staged wrestling is also spectator sport were cruelty is exhibited. Should we allow Gladiators?

In ancient Rome, gladiators fought, often to the death, to entertain crowds of spectators. Gladiators were trained in ludi ([sg. ludus]) to fight well in circuses (or the Colosseum) where the ground surface was covered with blood-absorbing harena 'sand' (hence, the name 'arena').

Slaves chosen as gladiators tended to be 1st-generation slaves bought or acquired in war or condemned slaves.