Zulu king wins South Africa bull-killing case

[demoleft]

Source: bbc

A bull-killing ritual can go ahead on Saturday after a court ruled against an animal rights group which tried to have the practice banned in South Africa.

The bull is killed during the Ukushwama ritual, an annual thanksgiving event in Kwa-Zulu Natal, in which youngsters kill the animal using their hands.

Animal Rights Africa took the Zulu king and the government to court over the manner in which the bull is killed.
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During his judgement the Pietermaritzburg High Court, Judge Nic van der Reyden said he was satisfied with the evidence of cultural expert Professor Jabulani Mapalala that the ARA's objection to the ritual was based on untrue information and hearsay, reports Sapa news agency.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8395647.stm

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i'm curious about the fact that the judge said "ARA's objection to the ritual was based on untrue information and hearsay".
i suppose the bull is killed in a way that is far from euthanasia.

anyway, some things never change i assume.

[ieoeja]

1. You could have tried reading the rest of the article.

"ARA claimed that the killing took some 40 minutes and involved dozens of men trampling on the beast as they tried to break its neck.

"The organisation described the killing as 'cruel and protracted'."


-vs-


"Inkatha Freedom Party Member of Parliament, Albert Mncwango told the BBC that the killing 'doesn't even take a minute'."


Apparently, the cultural expert's evidence supported Mncwango's claim. Hence, the ruling that "ARA's objection ... was based on untrue information and hearsay."

[demoleft]

4. i did.

and i got almost convinced that the bull committed suicide in the end.

[snagglepuss]

2. But its their cultural tradition and that we know is sooooo sacrosanct.

[The Stranger]

3. I think animal abuse trumps the cultural sacrosanctimony of religious tradition.

Just change the tradition slightly. Why not trample a mock-up of a bull?

[zonkers]

5. So do I. Why inflict uneccessay pain on an innocent creature? Humans can really suck.

[Jamastiene]

6. Wine is used in place of the blood of Christ

It seems your solution would work too, to me.