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Why Jallikattu should not happen in 21st century India ?

Recently there has been a lot of controversy about the animal sport Jallikattu. Earlier it was banned and now the ban has been lifted. Defying the Supreme Court ban on conducting Jallikattu, a bull taming sport, organisers in some interior villages went ahead with the event on Sunday challenging the district administration and police to take action. Many villages conducted bull races. 

In Pudukottai district of Tamil Nadu villagers allegedly pelted the police with stones for preventing them from conducting jallikattu. Officials of the Animal Welfare Board of India said the inaction of authorities in dealing with those who openly defied the court order was shameful.

On Saturday morning the game was played with 65 bulls and 40 tamers in Trichy district. The nearest police station was 10 km away. But police turned a blind eye as villagers gathered for the sport. The event is said to have started at 10am and went on until noon. In the name of keeping the traditional sport alive atrocities are done against animals. Bull taming, bull chase and bull fights are the main actions against animals. Now the question is should such medieval sports be carried out in 21st century India? These are cruel games that need to be banned – strictly banned. 

The supporters do not think of the animals what they undergo? Terrified bulls are deliberately disoriented, have their tails twisted and bitten and are stabbed, punched, jumped on and dragged to the ground. In bullfights, the fight ends when one of the bulls is either killed or manages to flee. Now, the Supreme Court has made clear that the ban must be upheld. It also struck down the Tamil Nadu Regulation of Jallikattu Act No 27 of 2009, a state law that permitted jallikattu. Nobody is bothering about animal rights. How can cruel games like these bring happiness to someone in the name of tradition. If we have to follow our traditions, then we should recall that even Sati and child marriage were our traditions. There is a need to end these medieval sports so that poor animals can be saved from cruelty.