鬥熊
鬥熊(英語:Bear-baiting),一種在16世紀開始流行於英國的觀賞性體育運動,基本上是縱容一隻或以上的鬥牛犬與一隻被拴著的熊搏鬥[1][2][3]。隨著大英帝國版圖的擴張,此「運動」亦出口至其殖民地。由於太過血腥,英國國會在1835年通過法案將其與鬥狗和鬥雞一拼取締。雖然各殖民地已相繼立令禁止,在超過一個世紀後,鬥熊在巴基斯坦仍然存在[4]。
參考
- ^ Tracy Irwin Storer; Lloyd Pacheco Tevis. California Grizzly. University of California Press. 1996: 42–187 [2016-03-23]. ISBN 978-0-520-20520-8.
- ^ Washington, Irving, Gay life at Monterey – Mexican horsemen – A bold dragoon – Use of the lasso – Vaqueros – Noosing a bear – Fight between a bull and a bear – Departure from Monterey – Indian horse stealers – Outrages committed by the travellers – Indignation of Captain Bonneville, The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West, 1837 [2009-08-11], (原始內容存檔於2022-10-14)
- ^ Brown, David E. The Grizzly in the Southwest: Documentary of an Extinction. University of Oklahoma Press. 1996 [2016-03-25]. ISBN 9780806128801.
- ^ 李娉婷. 巴基斯坦禁止鬥熊超過一世紀 殘酷娛樂仍地下化存在. 動物友善網. 2019-09-19 [2022-08-01]. (原始內容存檔於2022-05-17).
外部連結
- WSPA on bear baiting
- Bioresource Research Centre on bear baiting
- Fact Sheet on Bear Baiting (The Humane Society of the United States)
- The Bankside and the Bear Garden in Shakespearean Playhouses (頁面存檔備份,存於網際網路檔案館), by Joseph Quincy Adams Jr. from Project Gutenberg. (Chapter VII)
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