Three bulls die from racing injuries; activists file FIR

Participants often force animals to run by striking them

After receiving information about three bulls admitted in severe condition — each with broken front legs — in Bai Sakarbai Dinshaw Petit Hospital for Animals in Mumbai, allegedly due to bull racing events or practice for them, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India collaborated with the Navi Mumbai police to file a FIR.

"Unfortunately, all three bulls have succumbed to their injuries. The post-mortem examination of the last bull to die was conducted the day after the FIR was registered," a statement by PETA said.