(extract from a Daily Mail Article – www.dailymail.co.uk)
These shocking photos of two stallions covered in blood and ferociously biting each other were taken at the annual horsefight in Antai, China, where such animal cruelty is considered ’sport’.
At the annual event, which dates back a staggering 500 years, horses are pitted against each other as thousands of locals watch, with many cheering them on and taking photographs.
The stallions are encouraged to fight by being lead to a mare in heat, and then taking the female horse away when the stallions are aroused.
If the stallions still refuse to fight then they are whipped and gunshots are fired to frighten them.
While the ’sport’ of horse fighting is enjoyed throughout China, it has been labelled ’barbaric’ by animal rights campaigners of Peta and International Fund For Horses.
Horse fighting has been outlawed almost worldwide, but it still thrives in countries like the Philippines, Indonesia, South Korea and China.
They call it tradition, but it’s only the umpteenth shame, and we hope that it’ll be stopped soon.
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