Blood sport - Definition and Overview

This article is about the sport; for the Jean-Claude Van Damme movie, see Bloodsport (movie).

A blood sport is a sport involving bloodshed or the killing of animals for food, pest control, or entertainment. Animal rights groups are opposed to all uses of animals by humans, while other groups oppose some activities but not others.

List of blood sports

• Bear-baiting
• Bullfighting
• Cockfighting
• Dog fighting
• Falconry
• Fishing
• Fox hunting
• Hare coursing
• Hog dogging
• Hunting

Campaigning organizations

• Pro-Fishing, Pro-Hunting, Anti-Fighting
  • Countryside Alliance (UK)

• Anti
  • League Against Cruel Sports (UK)
  • Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (UK)