At least five men gored to death in bull-taming festivals in India.

Well this is a bit strange. I am not sure what religion those people are but you would think there would be some loud Hindu or Buddhist protests? From what I read the only protests coming are from those groups objecting to the cruelty to animals. What a wicked tradition. And what brave fools. Unless they think there is some eternal reward for their “martyrdom.”
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http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/0...ath-during-controversial-indian-festival.html

At least five men were gored to death during a bull-taming festival in southern India known as Jallikattu. During the controversial event, which started Sunday across the southern state of Tamil Nadu, bulls are released into a crowd and the wild animals are forced to fend off people trying to either ride them or pluck bundles of money and gold tied to their specially sharpened horns.

On Wednesday, at least five people – including a 45-year-old vendor – were killed by raging bulls. Officials said at least 60 people had been injured or mauled since Sunday (Reuters)

The Hindu reported the vendor, identified as M Jeeva Kumar of Koilpatty, was watching the events when a ferocious bull gored him in Vadamalapur, near the exit point.

One person was killed in Palamedu on Monday, while two died in Siravayal and another in Palakurishi on Tuesday.

The controversial sport was banned by the Indian Supreme Court in 2014 on grounds of animal cruelty. However, the government lifted the ban last year after widespread protests, BBC News reported.

In its decision to overturn the ban, government officials said Jallikattu was important for the “survival and well-being of the native breed of bulls and preserving cultural traditions.”

Animal rights activists claim the event causes unnecessary stress to the bulls. According to the BBC, Jallikattu is more than 2,000 years old and is considered one of the world’s oldest sports still practiced today.

Unlike traditional bullfighting, the bull is not killed in Jallikattu. Instead men try to dominate and tame the animal without using weapons.

 

Two things 1, I root for the bulls, 2, 5 more contestants for the Darwin Award.

 

so the bull is outnumbered, gets too tired to continue fighting and is then considered tamed...I think some Australians gets the same sort of high from their football,

 

I'm rootin for the bulls. Leave these animals alone.

 

Indians are funny. I hear that something like 5/6 people are killed every day just rushing to get on trains. It sounds like America in the 1800's, where scads of people were being killed every day in terrible accidents and nobody really seemed to care, then we got lots of good liability lawyers.

 

I agree, LIke the running of the bullls in Pamplona, screw those *******s, they'd lay there and bleed to death if I had my way. Let them go to that big tomato fight, that looks like fun.

 

Any guy who wears pink shirts deserves to be gored.

 

I think the religion is called "A Rodeo"

 

Their rodeo clowns look better than ours.