A traditional, but highly controversial, sport has resumed in Southern India. Jallikattu involves crowds of men attempting to grab and ride a bull that has been released into the crowd.
Jallikattu is popular in Tamil Nadu, but India’s top court banned it in 2014 on grounds of animal cruelty.
Jallikattu events were held on Sunday after being allowed to resume under an executive order, but the protesters remained at their campsite to call for the ban to be permanently rescinded. After jallikattu events resumed, two men were gored to death and dozens injured in the village of Rapoosal, according to reports.
Animal rights activists also call the sport cruel to the animals, who often have chilli powder rubbed into their eyes and have their tails broken as crowds try to grab them.
The executive order which allowed the sport to resume bypassed a 2014 directive from the Indian supreme court. The order will last only six months and could be appealed in court by animal rights groups. The supreme court is scheduled to take up the case again later this week.
