However, on January 7, 2016, the Environment Ministry attempted to overturn the ban through a Gazette notification.
The notification was later challenged by PETA India and other animal-protection groups, and it was stayed by the court, meaning Jallikattu and similar events cannot currently be held.
The final hearing of the case is expected to take place on November 9, PETA India said in a statement.
PETA India has documented that terrified bulls are often deliberately given substances like alcohol in order to disorient them and that their tails twisted and bitten.
They are also stabbed and jabbed with sickles, spears, knives, or sticks and are punched, jumped on, and dragged to the ground while three bulls even died during Jallikattu events in 2014.
“When Jallikattu was permitted in the past, hundreds of human participants were injured each year and many were killed. Between 2010 and 2014, approximately 1,100 injuries to humans were reported by the media as a result of cruel and dangerous Jallikattu-type events and 17 people died including a child,” it said.
(Sourced from agencies, feature image courtesy:oneindia.com)
