The tradition of bull killing versus the rule of law.Which one should take precedence?If we say the bulling killing ritual takes precedence over the rule of law what about the animal rights that entrenched in our constitution and also people who use tradition to simply break the law.I think a discussion shuold be encourage between the animal rihgts activists and the advocters of tradition so that the killing of a bull cant be done in a human way to the animal and the respect of tradition by animal rights activists.

People cant use animal rights and all sorts of excuses to undermine our cultures and deny us the rigts to practice it freely.It must be understood that as Africans we care for our animals and we go to an extend where our totem are taken after all sorts of animals whether wild or domestic.Even whem the cow is killed for feast not just any person can do this job.There are well trained people who know how to kill the animal so the act is done in a humane way and less painfull to the animal.So the to say Africans dont have animal rights is not well founded and is baseless to say the least.

The issue of bull killing need not to be interpreted at face value.I think it is fair to find out the meaning behind this ritual. If we just read it as just another bull killing we may miss the values attached this practice. The Amazulu and many other ethnic groups are the best placed people to tell us of the cultural significance attached to this ritual as they arethe custodians of this practice. Actually,what do we make of the bull fight game usually done in Spain. Is it not another way of subjecting animals to torture or should we not remind people of this game mainly because it is practiced in Europe.

I think the issue here is not much about the meaning of the bull killing and the importance attached to the ritual but is more about the act of killin.The point that is critical here is during the process of praticising this ritual is the bull killing done in a humane way that is not inflicting plain to the animal,if the answer is yes then there is nothing wrong with that but if there answer is no then it means there is something wrong with that part of culture or ritual.Animal abuse is animal abuse so we should be careful that in the porcess of praticing our cultural or rituals we do not subjects animal or human beings to animals to any kind of abuse and i am not suggesting that is what is happenig during the bull killing ritual.

with all due respect concerning the issue of the bull killing, i for one see nothing wrong with it, its their culture and tradition, why should we be so judgemental towards this.i grew up in a family where by my grandmother was a traditional healer, sometimes when they had their hearlers gathering, they used to kill chickens with their mouth not knives. in this case i core relate the two stories cause what is being practiced here is their way of doing things culturally and traditionally and its something which makes them unique and identifies them. Ndza Khensa. Regiey Ka Mahuza

God gave powers to people over animals, however,he never gave us the way of killing them.despite having diferent cultures the currentlitigations by the so called animalrights organization caused much misunderstanding and undermines the culture of the zulu's.Ido notseeany need fordebates as we on a daily basis animals are killednot only for rituals but for business and diferent ceremonies. So therefore africans should not be confused