blood sports
Violent animal entertainment
Blood sports are activities involving the killing or injuring of animals for entertainment—hunting, bullfighting, cockfighting, dogfighting.
The term carries disapproval, typically used by those who oppose such practices: The fox hunting ban was a victory against blood sports.
Extended to any activity with violent consequences: Politics as blood sport.
- dogfightingClose aircraft battle
- foxhuntingMounted canine-assisted chase
- bullfightingCombat sport with bovines
- bull ringEnclosure for bullfights
- cockfightingStaged rooster combat
ratting · bear-baiting · gamecock · animal cruelty · gladiator · Roman gladiators · fight to the death · gore · falconry · hound · matador · shooting · pit · savage · kill · spectacle · brutal · baiting
- combat sportsboxing, wrestling, MMA, judo, karate
- violent mediaslasher films, slasher movies, gore, snuff films, horror films
blood sportsanimal welfare
Non-human health and treatment
wildlife conservation · animal rights activism · animal protection · humane treatment · animal rescue
blood sportsyoga
Mind-body exercise discipline
gardening · meditation · chess · reading · board games
blood sportswildlife watching
Observing animals in nature
birdwatching · ecotourism · nature photography · wildlife safaris · whale watching
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