Jallikattu: A way of life, a symbol of pride

There were 130 or so cattle breeds in India 100 years ago and now there are only 37. Unless we engage with the traditional livestock keepers and support them, we will lose these breeds as well....Jallikattu is one of those!! 1.Many people who care for animals don’t understand that nature creates each species with unique characteristics and behaviour, and that within a species, a bull, an ox, a cow and calf all are different. 2.Male calves in other regions are sold and taken for slaughter in a few days. Only in regions where there are events like jallikattu are they kept. 3.Of the thousands of players who take part, hardly 50-100 get injured in a year, and deaths are much much lesser 4.If jallikattu is banned, livestock keepers will be forced to abandon the raising of native livestock, which already stands threatened due to the extensive use of motor pumps, tractors and mechanised agriculture. 5.If the sport is banned, it would be the death knell of native cattle species in Tamil Nadu!!!

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