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  • PETA founder held in India over bullfight protest

    01/18/2008 6:30:15 AM PST · by Santa Fe_Conservative · 25 replies · 113+ views
    CHENNAI, India (Reuters) - Police arrested the head of the animal rights group PETA for a breach of public peace and insulting religious feelings while protesting against a bullfighting festival in south India, officials said on Friday. Ingrid Newkirk, president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, was held on Thursday after she blindfolded a statue of Indian independence leader Mohandas K. Gandhi to protest against cruelty towards bulls in the ancient sport of "jallikattu." Organized as part of the January harvest festival of "pongal," jallikattu is India's version of the running of the bulls which takes place every...