Bullocks handled cruelly during festival races, claims PeTA

Mysore | Thursday | 17th January, 2019

Summary:

MYSURU: Whacks audible 200-300 metres away, bleeding nose due to rough handling, yanking tails, biting tails, bloody wounds, bulls stuck under carts after collapsing... The organisation, which documented a race held on January 12 and 13 near Bannur town on the Mysuru-Bannur highway alleged that bulls are treated cruelly. "PeTA India is calling on authorities to ban all cruel events involving bulls, including bullock cart races, and kambala," he urged.Badagalapura said, "Cattle are well looked after in the house. "Whipping marks were visible on bulls' backs, and some animals had injuries from whipping and from brushes with carts. Some bullock pairs also crashed to the ground and into barricades during the races..