Zulu king wins South Africa bull-killing case

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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.

ARA says it will consult its lawyers on what do next.

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.

'Cruel and protracted'

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.

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

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1. The reason the ARA forces lost is because they made up OUTRAGEOUS lies about the Zulu practice.

I heard a BBC interview and the Zulu representative was trying to be polite and not laugh in the face of the interviewer who seemed to be obsessed with the idea that the bull's penis was getting tied in knots during this ritual. It was obvious that the interviewer had not bothered to do one iota of research on this and was leaving it up to the Zulu rep to correct the BBC's ignorance.

The interviewer was so rude that he asked about the penis knot 5 times!! Finally the Zulu person asked if the BBC guy had ever seen a bull penis because if he had he would know what he was asking was impossible.