Pro-jallikattu protestors stage demo in T Nadu

Venting disappointment over not being allowed to conduct bull-taming sport jallikattu, around 5,000 people, including bull owners and tamers, on Sundaystaged a demonstration near Alanganallur, a popular venue for the event, raising slogans against animal rights body PETA. Holding black flags, the protesters, including hundreds of women, staged the demonstration near the ‘vadi vasal’, the passage through which bulls get into the jallikattu arena, police said.

Earlier, they took out a rally and staged a mock funeral procession of PETA, one of the petitioners on whose plea the Supreme Court last week stayed a central government notification allowing jallikattu, a popular event staged in rural areas during Pongal festivities between January 14-17, they said. All shops in Allanganallur remained closed while police personnel were deployed in strength in the village, which used to attract a large number of spectators, including foreign tourists for the sport when it was held.