Bulls Used for Jallikattu Need Your Help

The Supreme Court banned jallikattu in May 2014 because it is violent towards animals and endangers the public.

Yet in January 2017, the state of Tamil Nadu passed the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 2017, to permit jallikattu again – a decision PETA is now challenging in the Supreme Court. According to media reports, 15 people and five bulls died during jallikattu events held from January to June and nearly 2,000 spectators and participants were injured. The numbers continue to rise as more events take place. These figures are considered conservative because bull deaths and injuries often go unreported .

PETA's eyewitnesses investigated jallikattu events that took place in Avaniapuram, Palamedu, Alanganallur, Thirunallur, and Maravapatti between 5 and 12 February and documented profuse cruelty to animals and flagrant disregard for the public's safety and the law .

It's clear that jallikattu events breed disaster and that animals and humans need to be protected from this senseless cruelty. It's time again for jallikattu to be banned.

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Mr.

Edappadi

K. Palaniswami

Chief Minister's Office, Tamil Nadu

Dear Chief Minister,

The recently passed Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 2017, which permits jallikattu , has unleashed death and destruction in the state: since January, jallikattu has killed at least five bulls and 15 humans, including a police officer, and injured nearly 2,000 humans. The numbers continue to rise as more events take place.

Jallikattu takes advantage of bulls' natural nervousness as prey animals by deliberately placing them in terrifying situations in which they're forced to run away from those they rightly perceive as dangerous and a threat to their lives .

In February, through an investigation of five jallikattu events in Tamil Nadu, numerous instances of cruelty to bulls in the form of both mental and physical torture were recorded. Before events, bulls were kept without food, water, or any protection from the sweltering heat. When they tried to resist participating in the cruel event, men beat them with their bare hands and bit and twisted the bulls' sensitive tails. Some bulls collapsed from dehydration, heatstroke, or exhaustion in the holding area, which prompted owners to beat them and yank them up by their nose ropes to force them to participate.

And at all five jallikattu events, The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960; the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 2017; and the Tamil Nadu Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Conduct of Jallikattu) Rules, 2017, were rampantly violated.

This latest investigation and the overwhelming evidence gathered over many years by the Animal Welfare Board of India, a government body, proves that no amount of regulation can prevent cruelty to bulls during jallikattu. I, therefore, request that jallikattu be banned.

Sincerely,

PETA India

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