India, July 31 -- Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant said the government will consider a law to legalise the traditional buffalo fight (Dhirio or Guerra) as "it does not involve a fight between two bulls, but is rather a taming sport."

Speaking during a calling attention motion raised by Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) legislator Jit Arolkar, Sawant said, "Jallikattu is a traditional Tamil sport often described as a bull taming event held during the Pongal festival held usually in January. It involves releasing a bull into the crowd and participants attempt to grab its hump and hold on for as long as possible. It is not a fight between two bulls."

The Government of India in 1960 enacted the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, which...