In modern times, the subject of cruelty against animals has become a contentious issue. Helpless animals are pitted against each other, for the pleasure of humans. Blood sports are inhumane and I agree it should be banned completely.
‘Blood’ in blood sports does not come from the blood of the animals, but refers to the blood of royalty when it originated in the 16th century. As a sport for the royalty, the only ones allowed to practice, fox tossing competitions were famous. The foxes were put on a sling and shot out to the sky, with the highest ever recorded was 24 feet. Once the foxes landed, they were scared and attacked the legs and faces of the people throwing them. The cruel actions of tossing them in the air, landing in a heap on the hard ground caused physiological damage to the animal. These kinds of unkind sport were used as an entertainment at parties, especially with couples rivaling against each other.
Another blood sport which has been played for 300 years and is practiced in modern times is bullfighting. While illegal in almost all parts of the world, it is still practiced in Spain and Portugal. At the expense of helpless bulls, humans wager and cheer, hoping to make money by gambling. About 250, 000 bulls are killed each year and many more injured in the ring.
To summarize, the two examples show how gruesome blood sports are and have been used for the pleasure of humans. Such cruelty does not belong in civilized society and I hope all the efforts taking place to ban such sports are successful.
In modern times, the subject of cruelty against
animals
has become a contentious issue. Helpless
animals
are pitted
against each other, for the pleasure of humans.
Blood
sports
are inhumane and I
agree
it should
be banned
completely.
‘Blood’ in
blood
sports
does not
come
from the
blood
of the
animals
,
but
refers to the
blood
of royalty when it originated in the 16th century. As a
sport
for the royalty, the
only
ones
allowed
to practice
, fox tossing competitions were
famous
. The foxes
were put
on a sling and shot out to the sky, with the highest ever recorded was
24 feet
. Once the foxes landed, they
were scared
and attacked the legs and faces of the
people
throwing them. The cruel actions of tossing them in the air, landing in a heap on the
hard
ground caused physiological damage to the
animal
. These kinds of unkind
sport
were
used
as an entertainment at parties,
especially
with couples rivaling against each other.
Another
blood
sport
which has
been played
for 300 years and
is practiced
in modern times is bullfighting. While illegal in almost all parts of the world, it is
still
practiced in Spain and Portugal. At the expense of helpless bulls, humans wager and cheer, hoping to
make
money by gambling. About 250, 000 bulls
are killed
each year and
many
more injured in the ring.
To summarize
, the two examples
show
how gruesome
blood
sports
are and have been
used
for the pleasure of humans. Such cruelty does not belong in civilized society and I hope all the efforts taking place to ban such
sports
are successful.
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