Baiting is a

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where an animal is worried or tormented against another animal, for the purpose of entertainment or

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.Hoage, Robert J., Roskell, Anne and Mansour, Jane, "Menageries and Zoos to 1900", in ''New World, New Animals: From Menagerie to Zoological Park in the Nineteenth Century'', Hoage, Robert J. and Deiss, William A. (ed.), Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1996, pp.8-18. The Penal Code Act, 2008
. sudantribune.com This activity is illegal in most countries with varying levels of enforcement.

History

During various periods of history and in different cultures around the world, various types of baiting, named for the species used, have been confirmed. These include badger-baiting,

bear-baiting Bear-baiting was a historical blood sport in which a chained bear and one or more dogs were forced to fight one another. It also sometimes involved pitting a bear against another animal. Until the 19th century, it was commonly performed in Gr ...

bull-baiting Bull-baiting (or bullbaiting) is a blood sport involving pitting a bull against dogs with the aim of attacking and subduing the bull by biting and holding onto its nose or neck, which often resulted in the death of the bull. History England ...

, donkey-baiting, duck-baiting, hog-baiting,

human-baiting Human-baiting is a blood sport involving the baiting of humans against dogs. There are at least three known documented cases of human-baiting, all of which occurred in England in the 19th century. Gentleman and the Bull Dog '' The Sporting Mag ...

, hyena-baiting,

lion-baiting Lion-baiting is a blood sport involving the baiting of lions against dogs. Antiquity Antiquity has examples where groups of dogs defeat the 'king of beasts', the lion. Greek legend reflects Achilles' shield with the depiction of a fight of h ...

monkey-baiting Monkey-baiting is a blood sport involving the Bait (dogs), baiting of monkeys against dogs. Background The English people, English were always keen for something new to challenge their List of dog fighting breeds, dog fighting breeds. This result ...

rat-baiting Rat-baiting is a blood sport that involves releasing captured rats in an enclosed space with spectators Gambling, betting on how long a dog, usually a terrier and sometimes referred to as a Ratter (dog), ratter, takes to kill the rats. Often, t ...

, and

wolf-baiting Wolf-baiting is a blood sport involving the baiting of wolves against dogs. Historically, the baiting of wolves was more in the context of training dogs for wolf hunting than public entertainment. Wolves would sometimes be caught, either at the ...

. Much of what is known about baiting comes from

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in the Middle Ages, although it has not been legal there for some time. It is still practiced, however, in other parts of the world, including some cultures of

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: The Criminal Code states that anyone arranging, promoting or organizing fights between cocks, rams, bulls or other domestic animals, or encouraging such acts, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two months or to a fine, upon conviction.

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