Jallikattu: Less about tradition, more about cruelty towards bulls
Jallikattu is a cruel sport in which bulls are mauled, tied up, cut up and tortured in inhuman ways
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This bull's head is pulled upward solely by a nose rope, moments before the rope was cut to let the scared bull loose. Image courtesy: PeTA India
Spectators hit bulls and pounce on them in the collection area in Avarankadu on 17 January, 2014. Image courtesy: PeTA India
An organiser pokes a bull with a curved, sharp metal object inside the vadi vasal in Alanganallur on 16 January, 2014. Image courtesy: PeTA India
Bull owners and tamers force a yellow-coloured liquid down the throat of a bull at Avaniapuram on 14 January, 2014. Image courtesy: PeTA India
A man bites a bull's tail inside the vadi vasal in Avaniapuram on 14 January, 2014. Image courtesy: PeTA India
A bull-tamer pulls a bull's tail in the arena in Alanganallur on 17 January, 2012. Image courtesy: PeTA India
A man rubs chillies into the nostrils of a bull in Palamedu on 16 January, 2012. Image courtesy: PeTA India
This bull's head is pulled upward solely by a nose rope, moments before the rope was cut to let the scared bull loose. Image courtesy: PeTA India