Bhopal: Illegal Ram Fight Event Cancelled Following PETA India Intervention

For Immediate Release:

08 April 2026

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Bhopal– After receiving information about an illegal ram fight event scheduled to take place in Pipliya Harnath Village, Berasia, in Bhopal district, on 29 March, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals India (PETA India) successfully took action to prevent the event from taking place by notifying and collaborating with senior Bhopal police officials. The authorities confirmed that the event has been cancelled and assured that it will not be taking place.

“Spectacles in which animals are forced to fight are cruel, violent, and illegal. Ram fights inflict enormous suffering on animals, including causing physical injuries and psychological trauma,” says PETA India Lead Cruelty Response Coordinator Sreekutty Bennet. “We commend Bhopal Police, especially Commissioner of Police Shri Sanjay Kumar, IPS, for sending a message that cruelty to animals will not be tolerated.”

Ram fighting involves pitting two male sheep against each other in a violent and often bloody confrontation. The animals are hit and goaded into fighting until one is deemed the winner. This practice subjects them to significant physical and psychological harm, including injuries such as fractures, puncture wounds, and severe stress.

The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960 prohibits inciting animals to fight with each other. In a landmark judgment in 2014, the Supreme Court of India ruled in favour of the petitioners, PETA India, and the government advisory body, the Animal Welfare Board of India, establishing that bullfighting, dogfighting, and any other staged fights between animals, including between humans and other animals, for entertainment, must end.

PETA India – whose motto reads, “Animals are not ours to use for entertainment” – opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETAIndia.com or follow the group on X , Facebook, or Instagram. 

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