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bleucheese
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Sickening 'Animal Olympics' forces kangaroos to box humans
Last updated at 16:38pm on 28th September 2006
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_artic le_id=407435&in_page_id=1770
An Australian kangaroo receives a fierce blow to the head by a man dressed in a clown suit (pictured below) in a shameful contest that will further fuel fears over China's barbaric attitude to animals.
The bizarre marsupial-versus-human bout happened during the so-called Animal Olympics in Shanghai.
Animal rights campaigners say the Chinese have an appalling poor record for animal rights protection and have no laws to protect them.
In the fight, the Australian kangaroo appears to reel backwards after receiving a right hook from its garishly attired opponent.
But the 'roo, which was wearing boxing gloves on its front paws, fought back, grappling with the clown who was forced back towards the ropes by its onslaught.
The kangaroo is just one of 300 'athletes' taking part in the annual event, now in its fourth year, at the Shanghai Wild Animal Park.
The event held in a large arena also involves an elephant carrying the Olympic torch and various animals including zebras and mountain goats put through a series of events such as hurdles and races.
Also pictured at the event yesterday were bears standing with boxing gloves on their paws during another distasteful performance.
In July the Daily Mail reported the bababaric sport of horse fighting where cheering crowds took bets on which stallion would win a bloody battle. |
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bleucheese
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China not ready to give up 'barbaric' horse fighting
By BILL MOULAND, Daily Mail Last updated at 18:39pm on 11th July 2006
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_artic le_id=395200&in_page_id=1770
With wild, rolling eyes filled with a mixture of fear and hatred, nostrils flaring, blood already flecking their ragged flanks, two stallions rise on hind legs to fight each other in a dusty arena.
All around them as they bite, kick and snort, an excited, cheering crowd takes bets on who will win. While animal welfare groups yesterday condemned the horse-fighting tradition, celebrated by China’s Miao ethnic group in Rongshui county, Guangxi province, locals pointed out that it had been going on for 500 years.
The fighting, part of the summer Xinhe festival which asks for blessings on newly planted crops, such as corn, sweet potato and soya bean, is even included on some tourist itineraries in South West China.
"It is nothing but barbaric," said Vivian Farrell, president of the International Fund For Horses, which has led campaigns to ban horse fighting. "It’s cruel and inhumane and I don’t know why they do it."
While tourist guides tell tales of teams of horses being led into the makeshift arena to the sound of gunfire and a reed pipe band, they fail to mention that the stallions are whipped into a frenzy.
Mrs Farrell said: "First of all they get a mare in season to arouse the stallions, then they take the mare away and the fighting begins. They will rear at each other and kick and bite in the bid to show whose bloodline is superior.
"Sometimes the fights last 10 minutes – sometimes they go on for half an hour. It’s not normally a fight to the death but occasionally animals have to be put down."
The Miao people, the fifth largest of 56 ethnic groups recognised by the People’s Republic of China, regard the fighting as ‘thrilling, exciting and fascinating.’
One guide explains how two teams of horses, specially selected to be ‘plump, sturdy and energetic,’ are led to the arena and then pitted against each other one by one. They bite each other, turn their hooves and kick the other side heavily. The nervous and fierce fight makes audiences hold their breath or cheer and applaud loudly from time to time," says the guide.
If one horse falls down or runs away, the other one is declared the winner and another two take their place. The winning horses then fight each other. The last two battle it out to be champion.
While the losers are led away to lick their wounds, the sweat-soaked champion is draped in red while his owner ‘feels very proud for having such a brave and strong steed.' |
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de_niro249
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Sep 29, 2006 - 02:36 PM |
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disgusting. the organisers should be tried in the Hague. |
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lucyna
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poor animals!  |
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jenming
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Though I do think it's a bad idea to have a boxing match between a human and a 'Roo, I don't think it was nearly as bad as the article makes it out to be
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An Australian kangaroo receives a fierce blow to the head by a man dressed in a clown suit (pictured below)
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In the fight, the Australian kangaroo appears to reel backwards after receiving a right hook from its garishly attired opponent. |
This is clearly leading the reader. We don't know whether or not this guy actually smacked the kangaroo. It could very well be that he knew exactly what he was doing and was just making a good show. The kangaroo could have been avoiding his glove. The point is we don't know, and neither does the author of the article, but he tries to point us in the "it's inhumane!" direction, which I find irresponsible.
I'm not saying it was all kosher. I didn't see it. |
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