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Bullfighting: It's illegal to torture animals

Bullfight in Western is staged when there was key cultural event. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

Dear Dakatri, I am a cattle farmer in Mukumu. Although I come from a community that practises bullfighting, I do not support it. I feel for the animals that are kept purely to entertain people. They are often given marijuana before the fights. The worst is what happened last week where a bull used for fighting was killed cruelly after being accused of killing its trainer. I think we need to discuss this matter and abolish this backward tradition.

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