Your action is needed today, before 4 July, to help stop the cruel spectacle of jallikattu.
Every year in certain districts of
Tamil Nadu, people chase and taunt bulls for fun in an event called
"jallikattu". During jallikattu events, huge groups of men and boys
throw themselves on top of bulls in an effort to "tame" the animals and
win prizes.
Recent PETA investigations at five
jallikattu events have documented that workers tie bulls so tightly
that the animals experience severe discomfort and pain, hit the animals
with their fists, twist and pull the animals' tails, jump on the animals
and wrestle them to the ground. Not only is jallikattu cruel to
animals, it also poses a threat to public safety. In one four-day period
in January 2011, 215 people sustained injuries during jallikattu
events. Of these, 154 were spectators. Two people died.
PETA India has filed a petition
with the Supreme Court against the Tamil Nadu Regulation of Jallikattu
Act No 27 of 2009, a state law that permits Jallikattu, pointing out
that this cruel event both violates the spirit of the national
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960 and causes numerous injuries
and deaths every year to human participants and spectators. The case is
scheduled to be heard on 4 July 2011.
The Ministry of Environment & Forests has the power to bring an end to this cruel game. Please write to the Ministry right now and ask them to support PETA's case and push for a complete ban on Jallikattu.
1 comment:
This is barbaric and the SC should immediately ban it as no political party will do it for fear of votes. Morever seeing so many Tamilians complaining that this objection is against them is also so fooolish. Be it Tamils or Up iites,such type of inhuman treatment to the animals is intolerable.
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