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[[File:bearbaiting 940.jpg|frame|''Bear Baiting'', 1795 (from ''The Sporting Magazine'', London)]]
{{quote|''Aye, [[Worthy Opponent|To-re-ro]], she is here, Aye, Matador''
''I feel [[The Lady's Favour|her eyes]], They are wide with excitement and fear''
''I feel her heart For it cries when the horns are too near,''
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== [[
* This is one of the fates in store for many of the poached creatures during the Poaching Arc of ''[[The Tainted Grimoire]]''.
* ''[[Pokemon]]'' already has at least some resemblance to Beastly Bloodsports, but it's [https://youtu.be/C6cHaqOb96I?t=563 taken to another level] in the game ''[[Pokémon Insurgence]]'', which also has a joke about [[Non-Lethal KO]].
== [[Film]] ==
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* [[Hugh Lofting]]'s novel ''The Voyages of [[Doctor Dolittle]]''. While in the Capa Blanca Islands, Doctor Dolittle makes a wager with a powerful nobleman that the noble will end bullfighting in the islands if the Doctor can perform more tricks with a bull than any of the local matadors. He then [[The Doctor Dolittle|talks to the bulls]] and convinces them to help him put on a show so that they won't have to die in the bullring any more.
* Horse fights are a popular entertainment in the world of the [[The Icelandic Sagas|Icelandic Sagas]], and will always become the catalyzer of a quarrel or feud. A prominent example occurs in ''Njal's Saga''.
* One of the central conflicts of ''[[
* Jane Yolen's ''[[Pit Dragon Trilogy]]'' is set in a society where dragon-fighting is popular (dragon vs. dragon, directed by their human [[Mindlink Mates]]).
* Mentioned in ''Assassin of [[Gor]]'': an arena where [[Gladiator Games]] are held is also used for animal-vs-animal fights. Sometimes it's even flooded and aquatic animals are pitted against one another.
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== [[Music]] ==
* [[Tom Lehrer]]'s "In Old Mexico" is primarily about a bullfight.
* The Kingston Trio's ''Vive el Matador'' tells of the Matador's love for his girlfriend and his [[Friendly Enemy|fellow feeling]] for the bull.
== [[Radio]] ==
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* Real-life [[Gladiator Games]] in ancient Rome had this trope on mornings (both animals pitted against each other or lightly-armed fighters against animals), executions (including [[Fed to the Beast]]) at noon while most people had left the circus for lunch, and gladiator combat in the afternoon.
* Boarhunting(called pigsticking during [[The Raj]]) was a nobleman's sport for ages. It was a fairer then many as it was carried out with lances rather then missile weapons and wild boars were known for their ferocity; many were injured during boar hunts. In some ways it was a practice for cavalry warfare.
* Hawking used to be favored among the upper classes before shotguns came along.
* [[Real Men Eat Meat|Eating.]]
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[[Category:Animal Tropes]]
[[Category:Sports Story Tropes]]
▲[[Category:Beastly Bloodsports]]
[[Category:Alliterative Trope Titles]]
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