According to Tanner Carson, the earliest use of the term is in reference to mounted hunting, where the quarry would be actively chased, as in fox hunting or hare coursing. Before firearms a hunter using arrows or a spear might also wound an animal, which would then be chased and perhaps killed at close range, as in medievalboar hunting. The term was popularised by author Henry Stephens Salt.
Many online video-sharing websites such as YouTube do not allow videos of animal bloodsports to be shown on the site, except for educational purposes, such as in public service announcements.[2][3]
Limitations on blood sports have been enacted in much of the world. Certain blood sports remain legal under varying degrees of control in certain locations (e.g., bullfighting and cockfighting) but have declined in popularity elsewhere.[4][5] Proponents of blood sports are widely cited to believe that they are traditional within the culture.[6] Bullfighting aficionados, for example, do not regard bullfighting as a sport but as a cultural activity.[7] It is sometimes called a tragic spectacle, because in many forms of the event, the bull is invariably killed and the bullfighter is always at risk of death.[citation needed]
Hunting and recreational fishingedit
Animal rights and animal welfare advocates have extended the term blood sport to various types of hunting. Trophy hunting and fox hunting in particular have been disparaged as blood sports by those concerned about animal welfare, animal ethics and conservation.[8]
Recreational fishing has sometimes been described as a blood sport by those within the recreation.[9]
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^Brooke, Simon (19 August 2007). . The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
^Clarke, Matt (17 May 2007). . Practical Fishkeeping. Archived from the original on 17 September 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
^Lewine, Edward (July 2005). Death and the Sun: A Matador's Season in the Heart of Spain. Houghton Mifflin Company. p. 231. ISBN978-0-618-26325-7. from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
^Mitchell, Timothy (July 1991). Blood Sport: a social history of Spanish bullfighting. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 244. ISBN978-0-8122-3129-8.
^Stratton, Jim (18 January 2005). . Puerto Rico Herald. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
^"Bullfighting in Spain". October 31, 2018. from the original on August 11, 2019. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
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Further readingedit
Don Atyeo, Blood and Guts: Violence in Sports, Grosset & Dunlap, 1979. ISBN0448220008
Podcast: Cage fighting and the rise of the UFC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2012-04-22
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This article is about sports that involve violence for entertainment For other uses see Bloodsport disambiguation For the similarly named blood effect see blood spurt This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Blood sport news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message A blood sport or bloodsport is a category of sport or entertainment that involves bloodshed 1 Common examples of the former include combat sports such as cockfighting and dog fighting and some forms of hunting and fishing Activities characterized as blood sports but involving only human participants include the ancient Roman gladiatorial games BoxingA hare caught by two greyhounds Contents 1 Etymology 2 Current issues 2 1 Online videos 2 2 Animal fighting 2 3 Hunting and recreational fishing 3 In fiction 4 List of blood sports 4 1 Human human 4 2 Human animal 4 3 Animal animal 5 See also 6 References 7 Further readingEtymology editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed October 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message According to Tanner Carson the earliest use of the term is in reference to mounted hunting where the quarry would be actively chased as in fox hunting or hare coursing Before firearms a hunter using arrows or a spear might also wound an animal which would then be chased and perhaps killed at close range as in medieval boar hunting The term was popularised by author Henry Stephens Salt Later the term seems to have been applied to various kinds of baiting and forced combat bull baiting bear baiting cockfighting and later developments such as dog fighting and rat baiting The animals were specially bred for fighting In the Victorian era social reformers began a vocal opposition to such activities claiming grounds of ethics morality and animal welfare Current issues editOnline videos edit Many online video sharing websites such as YouTube do not allow videos of animal bloodsports to be shown on the site except for educational purposes such as in public service announcements 2 3 Animal fighting edit nbsp CockfightLimitations on blood sports have been enacted in much of the world Certain blood sports remain legal under varying degrees of control in certain locations e g bullfighting and cockfighting but have declined in popularity elsewhere 4 5 Proponents of blood sports are widely cited to believe that they are traditional within the culture 6 Bullfighting aficionados for example do not regard bullfighting as a sport but as a cultural activity 7 It is sometimes called a tragic spectacle because in many forms of the event the bull is invariably killed and the bullfighter is always at risk of death citation needed Hunting and recreational fishing edit Animal rights and animal welfare advocates have extended the term blood sport to various types of hunting Trophy hunting and fox hunting in particular have been disparaged as blood sports by those concerned about animal welfare animal ethics and conservation 8 Recreational fishing has sometimes been described as a blood sport by those within the recreation 9 In fiction editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed May 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message See also Category Fiction about death games Blood sports have been a common theme in fiction While historical fiction depicts real life sports such as gladiatorial games and jousting speculative fiction especially dystopic science fiction suggests variants of blood sports in a contemporary or future society Some popular works themed on blood sports are Battle Royale The Hunger Games The Running Man The Long Walk Fight Club Death Race 2000 Amores Perros Squid Game Bloodsport and The Most Dangerous Game Blood sports are also a common setting for video games Apex Legends Danganronpa Street Fighter Mortal Kombat etc making up much of the fighting game genre List of blood sports editHuman human edit Academic fencing Ancient Greek boxing Bare knuckle boxing Boxing Combat sport Duel Gladiatoral spectacles Hardcore wrestling Jousting Kun Khmer Lethwei Mixed martial arts Muay Boran Muay Thai Pankration Pasola Human animal edit Alligator wrestling Bullfighting Cock throwing Fox hunting Fox tossing Goose pulling Human baiting Octopus wrestling Rampokan Steer wrestling Venatio Animal animal edit See also Baiting blood sport and Coursing Badger baiting Bear baiting Betta fighting Boar baiting Bull baiting Bull wrestling Camel wrestling Cockfighting Coursing Cricket fighting Dog fighting Donkey baiting Duck baiting Fox hunting Hare coursing Hog baiting Hyena baiting Insect fighting Jackal coursing Lion baiting Monkey baiting Organized horse fighting Ram fighting Rat baiting Spider fighting Wolf baitingSee also editAnimals in sport Damnatio ad bestias Illegal sportsReferences edit Blood sport Merriam Webster s Collegiate Dictionary 11 ed Merriam Webster Inc 2003 p 134 ISBN 978 0 87779 807 1 Retrieved 20 May 2017 Brooke Simon 19 August 2007 Animal cruelty films on YouTube The Sunday Times Archived from the original on 19 May 2011 Retrieved 20 May 2017 Clarke Matt 17 May 2007 Uproar at fish cruelty on YouTube Practical Fishkeeping Archived from the original on 17 September 2008 Retrieved 20 May 2017 Lewine Edward July 2005 Death and the Sun A Matador s Season in the Heart of Spain Houghton Mifflin Company p 231 ISBN 978 0 618 26325 7 Archived from the original on 2 May 2019 Retrieved 20 May 2017 Mitchell Timothy July 1991 Blood Sport a social history of Spanish bullfighting University of Pennsylvania Press p 244 ISBN 978 0 8122 3129 8 Stratton Jim 18 January 2005 Cockfighting Persists as Underground Sport Puerto Rico Herald Archived from the original on 6 October 2008 Retrieved 20 May 2017 Bullfighting in Spain October 31 2018 Archived from the original on August 11 2019 Retrieved August 11 2019 Greenwood George 2015 1915 The Cruelty of Sport In Salt Henry S ed Killing for Sport George Bell amp Sons pp 1 33 Archived from the original on 13 October 2015 Retrieved 20 May 2017 Wyatt Bob 2013 What Trout Want The Educated Trout and Other Myths Stackpole Books p 3 ISBN 978 0 8117 1179 1 Archived from the original on 2 May 2019 Retrieved 20 May 2017 Further reading editDon Atyeo Blood and Guts Violence in Sports Grosset amp Dunlap 1979 ISBN 0448220008 Podcast Cage fighting and the rise of the UFC Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2012 04 22 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Blood sport amp oldid 1205857661, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
