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Bullfighting revival plan stokes row in Panaji [1]

Lita Barretto

Bull owners reject claims of cruelty, saying they treat the bulls like their own children and at Rs 5,000-10,000 each, fighting them is a way of recouping the cost of keeping the animals
BULLFIGHTING WAS once a way of life in the resort state of Goa, with thousands of people gathering on Sundays and public holidays to cheer on the animals as they locked horns

Publication Date: 
24/06/2009
Asian Age (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Animal Cruelty [3], PETA [4], Goa [5]

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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/animal-cruelty
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/peta
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/goa