Chennai: As many as 80 medical doctors from various parts of the country have appealed to the Tamilnadu government to not permit Jallikattu events, which are to be organised in January.
The doctors have appealed to Chief Minister M K Stalin and Health and Family Welfare Minister Ma Subramanian not to allow Jallikattu events as the Coronavirus and the emerging variant could turn out to be a super spreader causing grave health risk to the public, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) said.
‘”Prohibiting non-essential activities such as jallikattu events, which lead to unnecessary mass gatherings, is essential to prevent the rapid spread of Covid-19 and to protect public health as well as to ease the pressure on health-care professionals,; said Dr Deepshikha Chandravanshi, one of the doctors who signed the letter.
Since the Tamilnadu government legalised Jallikattu in 2017, at least 22 bulls and 69 humans have reportedly died while more than 4,696 human have been injured, PETA claimed.
‘Extensive video footage shows that during Jallikattu, participants force terrified bulls into the arena by biting their tails, yanking their nose ropes, and jabbing them with weapons,’ the statement said. It added that the panicked bulls often slam into humans and barricades often breaking their bones or dying.