Blood Sports List
Blood sports are a controversial category of competitive activities, involve the deliberate infliction of harm or death upon animals for entertainment purposes.
Blood sports are historically rooted in ancient traditions, these activities have evolved and persisted across various cultures and time periods, often sparking intense ethical debates and legal battles.
From bullfighting in Spain to cockfighting in Southeast Asia, blood sports encompass a range of events where animals are pitted against each other or human participants. Here are descriptions of just some of the 'blood sports' from history. To find out more, read our discussion about blood sports.
List of Blood Sports (just of few of the many)
- Badger-baiting
- Bear Baiting
- Bull Baiting
- Bull Fighting — involves one or more bulls that are being fought in a bullring.
- Cock Fighting
- Cock Throwing — a rooster is tied to a post and people took turns throwing sticks at it until the rooster died.
- Dog Fighting
- Goose Pulling — a goose was hung by its legs while a man on a horseback would attempt to grab it by the neck to try and pull its head off.
Bear Baiting was another cruel blood sport - Hare Coursing — hares are chased by greyhounds using their sight rather than scent.
- Fox Tossing — with a person on each end of a sling tossed the fox upwards, the team with the highest throw would win.
- Rat-baiting
- Venatio — played out in Roman amphitheaters, involving the hunting and killing of wild animals.
Other Blood Sports?
- About Hunting Sports
- Buzkashi — a Central Asian sport like polo in which riders on horses attempt to drag a goat carcass toward the goal. There is a variant known as kokpar which is quite similar.
- Pato — this Argentinian sport was once played with a duck instead of a ball.
- Sport Fishing — in competition fishing contestants compete for prizes based on the total length or weight of a fish, usually of a pre-determined species, caught within a specified timeframe.
- Jugger — a brutal sport inspired by the movie “The Salute of the Jugger”, the objective is for the team to get to the other team’s foam dog skull.
Related Pages
- Discussion about Blood Sports
- Ancient Sports
- Complete List of Sports
- Animals and the Olympic Games
- Unusual Sports that are cruel to animals
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