Bull Taming

SC seeks response of Tamil Nadu government on PETA's plea opposing Jallikattu

The Supreme Court on Monday sought a response from the Tamil Nadu government on a plea of animal rights body PETA opposing Jallikattu.

Jallikattu: 36 injured in bull taming event held in Madurai

Thirty-six people were injured, one of them seriously, in a Jallikattu event held at Avanipuram in the district amid high security on Sunday, in which more than 900 bulls were used, police said.

Jallikattu row: Madras HC tells Tamil Nadu govt to provide proper treatment to injured protesters

The Madras High Court gave directions to the Tamil Nadu government to ensure proper treatment to those injured in the incidents that occurred during the pro-Jallikattu protests in Chennai.

Jallikattu ban: Peta receives abusive calls, threat of rape; says fight for animal rights will continue

Besides the anti-Peta sloganeering and posters, the animal rights NGO has been facing abusive and threatening phone calls including that of rape to its CEO Poorva Joshipura, claims Peta India's director Dr V Manilal. Edited excerpts from an interview

Jallikattu: Humanity must safeguard principles of kindness, not fight for blood sport

So, why should Jallikattu stay? Just because the blood sport has been in vogue for ages — some claim it is 2500 years old — it doesn't entitle Tamilians to a lifetime of torturing bulls for a public spectacle.

Jallikattu supporters near Madurai taken into preventive custody for allegedly trying to defy ban

Several supporters of Jallikattu were taken into preventive custody near Madurai for allegedly trying to defy a ban on the traditional bull taming sport.

Jallikattu: Bull taming is cruelty at its best, TN parties using it for political gains

In the past, from 2008 to 2014, the special conditions of the Supreme Court regulating jallikattu were brazenly flouted at all the events which were inspected by the Animal Welfare Board of India.

SC refuses to allow Jallikattu; Tamil Nadu govt requests Centre for ordinance

In a major setback to Tamil Nadu government, the Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the petition urging the apex court to pass an interim order allowing jallikattu before Saturday

Animal welfare board VC Chinny Krishna is 'delighted' SC stayed ban on Jallikattu, refuses to resign from office

In May 2014, the Supreme Court had passed final orders on the issue of Jallikattu banning the sport. In its order, the court had meticulously gone into the issue of culture and tradition, ruling that the sport was inherently cruel in nature and that culture or tradition could not be a reason to allow practices which unnecessarily inflict cruelty on animals for human pleasure.

'Jallikattu is an abuse, not a sport': SC to hear pleas against Centre notification lifting ban on jallikattu

'Jallikattu is an abuse, not a sport': SC to hear pleas against Centre notification lifting ban on jallikattu