People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has issued a strong statement reacting to Hiphop Tamizha Aadhi’s > recent short film-and-music video, ‘Takkaru Takkaru’, that made a strong case for jallikattu.
In a statement, Bhuvaneswari Gupta of PETA writes, “I am sure the public knows better than to take misinformation about jallikattu from a fictional music video as fact, but even this video shows bulls being pulled with ropes painfully pierced through their noses, and a scene with a terrified bull forced into a crowd.”
She adds, “As found during government authorised inspections at numerous events, jallikattu is inherently cruel and to make matters worse, participants purposely disorient the bulls by forcing them to consume alcohol and twist their tails. Jallikattu has also caused injuries and deaths of hundreds of human participants, and even some spectators. Hip Hop Tamizha is better off sticking to just making music, because factual accuracy is not their strong point. Respecting bulls is true Tamil culture, not inflicting pain on them and making them suffer.”
