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1.(Madurai: One person was killed and 30 injured in
the 'Jallikattu' (taming of the bull)…………………3
2.PETA……………………………………………………………………………………………………...4
4.NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday banned
Tamil Nadu's centuries-old Jallikattu bull fights. …………………………………………………………………………………………….............6 6.Jallikattu: Red Rag For the Law
12.Jallikattu: Supporters organise rally in Chennai for
seeking permission to hold bull-taming sport
13.HUMAN CHAIN PROTEST IN
KANCHIPURAM………………………………………………….21
The Animal Welfare Board of India filed a case in the Supreme Court of India for an outright ban on Jallikattu because of the cruelty to animals and the threat to public safety involved.
On 27
November 2010, the Supreme Court permitted the Government of Tamil Nadu to allow Jallikattu for five months in a year and
directed the District Collectors to make sure that the animals that participate in
Jallikattu are registered to the Animal Welfare Board and in return the Board
would send its representative to monitor the event. The Government of Tamil Nadu ordered that ₹2 lakh (US$3,000) be deposited by the organizers in case of
an accident or injury during the event and enacted a rule to allow a team of
veterinarians be present at the venue for certifying the bulls for
participation in the event and to provide treatment for bulls that get injured.
1.(Madurai:
One person was killed and 30 injured in the 'Jallikattu' (taming of the bull)
at nearby Pallumedu on Sunday, held as part of the Pongal harvest festivities.
More than 300 persons participated in the event, which was held as per the
guidelines of the Supreme Court. The injured were immediately treated at a
medical camp set up near the venue, officials said. They said organisers of the
jallikattu at Alanganallur on Monday have fixed a fee of Rs 500 for
participants.) On November 27, 2010 the supreme court in
accordance with the law enacted on regulation of event, permitted the Tamil
Nadu government to allow 'jallikattu' for five months in a year from January 15
. The court said animals participating in the event are to be categorized as
per provisions of the Act and that District Collectors are to make sure that
the animals should be registered to the Animal Welfare Board. The Board would
also send its representative to monitor the event. (source: sify.com. 16 January 2011.)
The Ministry
of Environment and Forests issued
a notification in 2011 that banned the use of bulls as performing animals, thereby
banning the event But the
practice continued to be held under Tamil Nadu Regulation of Jallikattu Act No
27 of 2009. On 7 May 2014, the Supreme Court of India struck down the state law and banned Jallikattu
altogether. The Supreme Court
noted that any flouting of the ban should result in penalties for cruelty to
animals under The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 The court also asked the Government of India to amend the law on preventing
cruelty to animals to bring bulls within its ambit. The Supreme Court also
ruled that cruelty is inherent in these events, as bulls are not anatomically
suited for such activities and making them participate is subjecting them to
unnecessary pain and suffering, so such events were outlawed.
2
Today, the Honourable Supreme Court of
India passed a landmark judgment in favour of
PETA India and the government body the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI)
clarifying that bulls must not be used in jallikattu, bull races, bullfights or
any other type of performance. PETA was represented in court by leading counsel Raj
Panjwani.
PETA
has vigorously campaigned against the use of bulls in these cruel events. The group’s investigators have found that terrified bulls are deliberately
disoriented, have their tails twisted and bitten and are stabbed, punched,
jumped on and dragged to the ground. During races, bulls are often hit with
nail-studded sticks. In bullfights, the round ends when one of the bulls is
either killed or manages to flee. PETA’s campaign to end this abuse was
vocally supported by legendary actors Hema Malini and John Abraham, who both wroteto
the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) calling for jallikattu to be
stopped.
Although the MoEF
issued a notification in 2011 that banned the use of bulls as performing
animals,thereby banning jallikattu, bull races and bullfights, these spectacles
were still permitted to be held. Now, the Supreme Court has made clear that
this notification must be upheld. It also struck down the Tamil Nadu Regulation
of Jallikattu Act No 27 of 2009, a state law that permitted jallikattu.The
Supreme Court also noted that the penalties for cruelty to animals under The
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, are weak and that the act requires
an update. The AWBI had formulated a draft Animal Welfare Act, 2011, to
strengthen the law, but this draft has yet to be passed.
You can help pass
the draft Animal Welfare Act, 2011.(source:
3.Even bulls have rights against
torture, the Supreme Court observed on Wednesday as it banned ‘jallikattu’
(bull fighting) and bullock cart racing in Tamil Nadu. The court also banned
bullock cart racing in Maharashtra.
A
Bench of Justices K.S. Radhakrishnan and Pinaki Chandra Misra said, “Forcing a
bull and keeping it in the waiting area for hours and subjecting it to the scorching
sun is not for the animal’s well-being. Forcing and pulling the bull by a nose
rope into the narrow, closed enclosure or ‘vadi vassal’ (entry point),
subjecting it to all forms of torture, fear, pain and suffering by forcing it
to go the arena and also over-powering it in the arena by bull tamers, are not
for the well-being of the animal.”
The
Bench said the Animal Welfare Board of India had given details on the manner in
which the bull fight was conducted across Tamil Nadu. It said the torture and cruelty
meted out to the bulls was unimaginable. “Being dumb and helpless, they suffer
in silence. We notice that the situation is the same in Maharashtra too.”(sourceNEW DELHIMAY 07, 2014 18:49 IST,the hindu)
4.NEW
DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday banned Tamil Nadu's centuries-old
Jallikattu bull fights.
A bench of Justice KS Radhakrishnan and Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose also asked the centre to amend the law on preventing cruelty to animals to bring bulls within its ambit.
The court also struck down a 2011 Tamil Nadu law regulating the conduct of Jallikattu.
A bench of Justice KS Radhakrishnan and Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose also asked the centre to amend the law on preventing cruelty to animals to bring bulls within its ambit.
The court also struck down a 2011 Tamil Nadu law regulating the conduct of Jallikattu.
the
law provided for conducting Jallikattu from January to May in various places in
Tamil Nadu to ensure the protection of not only the participants but also of
the spectators.
The law was enacted in the wake of a large number of deaths and injuries that took place during the sport.
The ban order came as the apex court allowed an appeal by the Animal Welfare Board of India challenging a Madras high court verdict.(source:
The law was enacted in the wake of a large number of deaths and injuries that took place during the sport.
The ban order came as the apex court allowed an appeal by the Animal Welfare Board of India challenging a Madras high court verdict.(source:
5.'Jallikattu is an abuse, not a
sport': SC to hear pleas against Centre notification lifting ban on jallikattu
The Supreme
Court on Tuesday will hear a batch of petitions against a government
notification lifting ban on jallikattu back in Tamil Nadu. The petitions were
filed by Aniwal Welfare Board and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
(Peta) India demanding that the Centre's recent notification allowing
Jallikattu and bullock cart races be "struck down".
Peta India
claimed that a battery of urgent petitions led by the government advisory body
Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) and two sitting AWBI members as
petitioners, and supported by animal protection groups Peta, Federation of
Indian Animal Protection Organisations (FIAPO), Compassion Unlimited plus
Action (CUPA), were mentioned before the Chief Justice's bench of the Supreme
Court.
Peta India
further claimed that along with these, individual petitioners Sowmya Reddy,
Radha Rajan and Gauri Maulekhi have also filed their petitions.
.
"All
petitions call for the Environment Ministry notification of January 7, 2016
permitting the use of bulls in events such as jallikattu in Tamil Nadu and
bullock cart races elsewhere in the country to be struck down. Urgent listing
of these petitions was sought and has been allowed for Tuesday," the
statement said.
Peta India
said that the Environment Ministry's notification allowing jallikattu and bull
races came despite a Supreme Court judgement which held that the Ministry
cannot allow these races and cannot modify the notification dated 11 July, 2011
(which banned forcing bulls to perform) without consulting the AWBI.
"Terrifying
and injuring bulls is abuse, not sport, and this combined with the injuries and
deaths of people common at jallikattu events puts a bloody stain on India's
reputation in the eyes of the world.
"Laws and
SC verdicts need to mean something and we look to the Supreme Court to confirm
once again jallikattu and bull races must not be allowed," said
Peta India Chief Functionary Poorva Joshipura.
In December
2015, the AWBI advised the Ministry not to go against the Supreme Court
judgment.
Peta said
that the court had also ruled that cruelty is inherent in these events, as
bulls are not anatomically suited for such activities and making them
participate is subjecting them to unnecessary pain and suffering, so such
events were outlawed.
"The court
also stated that when culture and tradition are at variance with the law
enacted by Parliament, the law would take precedence. The January 7, 2016
notification flies in the face of this Supreme Court ruling,"
Peta said.
In just four
years, from 2010 to 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.
Peta India
has documented in AWBI authorised inspections that during jallikattu, terrified
bulls are often deliberately disoriented by being given substances like
alcohol, having their tails twisted and bitten, being stabbed and jabbed by
sickles, spears, knives or sticks and being punched, jumped on and dragged to
the ground.
Three bulls
even died during jallikattu events in 2014. During races, bulls are often hit
with nail-studded sticks and pushed beyond the point of exhaustion. In
bullfights, which often occur in Goa, a round ends when one of the bulls
manages to flee (or is killed), Peta India said.(
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