India, Jan. 26 -- The animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India and the police department have prevented or stopped three races, including one bull and two buffalo events, in Raigad and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar districts in the last one month.

"We filed a case against three cattle owners for taking part in a bullfight in Sonarpada village in Dombivli on January 20," said Vijay Kadbane, senior inspector, Manapada Police Station.

Acting on a promotional poster on bullfighting event "Bhavya Pashu Pradarshan" viral on social media, PETA India alerted the Harsul Police and the programme at Amber Hill in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar was immediately stopped on January 1. A first information report (FIR) under S...