TAGDV support for Jallikattu Ban removal

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Support Jallikattu. Remove the ban.

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We support Jallikattu

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I support Jallikattu! Please ban removal of Jallikattu!

Support Jallikattu

Jallikkattu is more than saving a sport. Jallikkattu is our tradition, way of life and our right. I support and stand with lakhs and lakhs of students and common men protesting the ban of Jallikattu in Tamil Nadu.

We support every effort to lift ban on jallikattu in TamilNadu

I support Jallikattu, please remove ban on it.

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We support Jallikattu

I support Jallikattu...

Jallikattu is our tradition not a cruelty

Do not ban out tradition

We support jallikattu, united we stand.

I support jollikatu. This is tamil people rights.

Bull Taming it is. Game has fair regulations both for Bull and men participating in it. Lift the Ban. Let the breed thrive. Respect the tradition. Go after true animal cruelty. Stop fooling around. I stand by and support 1000s of youth and TAGDV.

Extracted from Madhusudhan Srikkanth's post Let us address why Jallikattu helps in preserving our native breed (I got this information from Senapathy and Raja Manickam). In TamilNadu, breeders rear bulls with the intention of showcasing them in Jallikattu. Most of the farmers can't afford to raise these bulls and are hence reliant on these breeders or on the common temple bull which is reared by the entire village rather than a single breeder. The bulls that fare well in the Jallikattu arena are in constant demand for servicing the cows. So we can think of Jallikattu as a marketplace for these bulls. Now this still doesn't answer as to why Jallikattu alone can help in this and why can't breeders breed these native bulls irrespective of whether Jallikattu happens or not. To understand that we will have to understand the chronology of events that lead to Jallikattu and events that happen thereafter. Jallikattu is held during Pongal time (i.e. mid January), the strong bulls are identified and mated with cows. After this the farming season starts. After harvesting is done, this cycle starts again where the breeders showcase their bulls in Jallikattu events. People with a keen eye for this then make note of the strongest bulls and then seek them out later in what is known as a sandhai (marketplace) in Tamil. Now how does Jallikattu help in the process? The bulls used for mating need to be virile. During the mating season (which is typically after Pongal), these bulls need to be at the top of their game i.e. they must be secreting all the necessary male hormones, experience adrenaline rush and also a fast beating heart. This is where Jallikattu comes in picture. The time when the bull is released from the Vaadi Vaasal (the small narrow gate from which the bulls are released) and till the time it manages to reach the other end (if it is not subdued) causes it to experience a great adrenaline rush which then boosts it's testosterone levels and also keeps its heart beati