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Blood sport

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.

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.

Current issues[edit]

Online 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]

Animals in sport

Damnatio ad bestias

Illegal sports

Don Atyeo, Blood and Guts: Violence in Sports, Grosset & Dunlap, 1979.  0448220008

ISBN

Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2012-04-22

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