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    duck-baiting, hog-baiting, human-baiting, hyena-baiting, lion-baiting, monkey-baiting, rat-baiting, and wolf-baiting. Much of what is known about baiting comes from...
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    Bull-baiting is a blood sport involving pitting a bull against dogs with the aim of attacking and subduing the bull by biting and holding onto its nose...
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    Badger-baiting is a form of blood sport in which badgers are baited with dogs. A baiting session typically results in the death of the badger, and possibly...
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    fighting Ram fighting Rat-baiting Spider fighting Wolf-baiting Animals in sport Damnatio ad bestias Illegal sports "Blood sport". Merriam-Webster's Collegiate...
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    Bear-baiting is a blood sport in which a chained bear and one or more dogs are forced to fight one another. It may also involve pitting a bear against...
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    Monkey-baiting is a blood sport involving the baiting of monkeys against dogs. The English were always keen for something new to challenge their dog fighting...
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  • Human-baiting is a blood sport involving the baiting of humans against dogs. There are at least three known documented cases of human-baiting, all of...
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    Lion-baiting is a blood sport involving the baiting of lions against dogs. Antiquity has examples where groups of dogs defeat the 'king of beasts', the...
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    Donkey-baiting is a blood sport involving the baiting of donkeys against dogs. Donkey-baiting was quite common during the Victorian era, but was never...
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    Gameness (category Baiting (blood sport))
    Game or gameness is a trait most often attributed to fighting dogs, working terriers, and fighting cocks that are selectively bred, referring to their...
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    Wolf-baiting is a blood sport involving the baiting of wolves against dogs. Historically, the baiting of wolves was more in the context of training dogs...
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  • Boar-baiting is a blood sport involving the baiting of wild boars against dogs. Villagers in Indonesia call the event "adu bagong" translated as boar fighting...
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    Dog fighting (category Baiting (blood sport))
    war, introduced bull baiting and bear baiting to the rest of the British population. In later years, bull-baiting and bear-baiting became a popular source...
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    Hyena-baiting is a blood sport involving the baiting of hyenas against dogs. The striped hyena has historically been the most frequently used species....
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    Beargarden (category Baiting (blood sport))
    The Beargarden was a facility for bear-baiting, bull-baiting, and other "animal sports" in the London area during the 16th and 17th centuries, from the...
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  • greyhound racing live baiting scandal is a series of events that occurred in at least three Australian states where live baiting of racing greyhounds was...
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    Duck-baiting is a blood sport involving the baiting of ducks against dogs. Duck-baiting involved releasing a pinioned duck on to a pond. The dog dived...
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    Rat-baiting is a blood sport that involves releasing captured rats in an enclosed space with spectators betting on how long a dog, usually a terrier and...
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    Ram fighting (category Baiting (blood sport))
    Ram fighting is a blood sport between two rams (large-horned male sheep), held in a ring or open field. It is commonly found in sheep or goat husbandry...
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    Boar hunting (category Baiting (blood sport))
    killings. Bloodhound Hog-baiting List of notable pigs Medieval hunting Manohar Malgonkar (27 June 1999). "A forgotten sport". Tribune India.  One or more...
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    Bear-leader (category Baiting (blood sport))
    and the Tudor period, these animals were chiefly used in the blood sport of bear-baiting and were led from village to village. Performing bears were also...
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    Bull wrestling (category Baiting (blood sport))
    declaring bullfighting and animal pits to be forbidden under Islamic law. Bull-baiting Bullfighting Camel wrestling Alligator wrestling Cockfight Combat de Reines...
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  • Dog fighting in the United States (category Baiting (blood sport))
    routinely exposed to the unfathomable violence that is inherent within the blood sport and become conditioned to believe that the violence is normal. Those...
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    Jacco Macacco (category Baiting (blood sport))
    Jacco Macacco was a nonhuman primate used in monkey-baiting matches at the Westminster Pit in London in the early 1820s. Though his exact species is unknown...
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  • United States v. Stevens (category Baiting (blood sport))
    United States v. Stevens, 559 U.S. 460 (2010), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States, which ruled that 18 U.S.C. § 48, a federal statute...
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    Cockfighting (category Baiting (blood sport))
    Cockfighting is a blood sport involving domesticated roosters as the combatants. The first documented use of the word gamecock, denoting use of the cock...
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    Organized horse fighting (category Baiting (blood sport))
    Organized horse fighting is a blood sport between two stallions which is organized for the purposes of betting or entertainment. Although combat between...
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    Bull running (category Baiting (blood sport))
    the city revenue" for the annual bull baiting. Peacock notes that in Stamford, "So fond were the people of the sport that a second bull was frequently subscribed...
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    Crickets as pets (category Baiting (blood sport))
    trade and organize seasonal cricket fairs. Cricket fighting is a seasonal sport, "an autumn pastime" (qiu xing) that relies on the supply of wild-caught...
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  • Octopus wrestling (category Baiting (blood sport))
    Cephalopods: A World Guide. ConchBooks, pp. 217-218. "Octopus Wrestling, A Sport That Amounted To Cephalopod Home Invasion". io9. 17 February 2012. Retrieved...
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