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Yikes, he was the son of a bull baiter. How have I not heard of bull baiting until now, ugly though it is. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull-baiting https://
by zeristor 1y ago
Yikes, he was the son of a bull baiter.
How have I not heard of bull baiting until now, ugly though it is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull-baiting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull-baiting
- gerdesj 1y agoGuess what bulldogs were bred for 8(
- zeristor 1y agoI know, that and the Birmingham Bullring, I thought that was a cattle market.
- CaptainOfCoit 1y agoFor some reason, humans stopped pitting dogs against bulls but are still to this day doing it ourselves in stadiums filled with people cheering while a bull is slowly bled to death. Very crazy it's still legal today in parts of the world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullfighting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullfighting
- IAmBroom 1y agoHappily, Mexico finally made it illegal!
- CaptainOfCoit 1y agoKind of, right? It seems it was banned in some states, "but resumed on 29 January 2024 after a series of legal challenges" according to Wikipedia. Unless I'm getting the order of events incorrect.
- citruspi 1y agoTIL about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear-baiting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear-baiting as well Apparently still practiced (although illegal) in Pakistan and was occurring in the United States as recently as last decade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion-baiting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion-baiting too