Illegal Ram Fight Cancelled in Belagavi Following PETA India Intervention 

For Immediate Release:

11 April 2025

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Belagavi – After receiving information about an illegal ram fight event scheduled to take place near Shri Bireshwar Temple, Gokak Road, Patil Gali, Kanbargi, Belagavi district, on 29 March, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India successfully took action to cancel the event by notifying and collaborating with senior police officials and the Animal Husbandry Department, Belagavi. In response, the authorities sent a notice to the event organisers, who complied by cancelling the event. They also released a poster confirming the cancellation and requesting the cooperation of registered participants.

“Spectacles in which animals are forced to fight are cruel, violent, and illegal,” says PETA India Cruelty Response Coordinator Sinchana Subramanyan. “We commend Belagavi police, especially Commissioner of Police Shri Iada Martin Marbaniang, 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.

PETA India – whose motto reads, in part, that “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 (formerly Twitter) Facebook, or Instagram.

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