Bloodsport or blood sport is a category of sports or entertainment that involves any sport or entertainment that causes bloodshed, in any game, sport or contest involving bloodshed and defined by Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary as "a sport or contest (as hunting or cockfighting) involving bloodshed" which may be further exampled by human-baiting as a blood sport involving the baiting of humans or human-animal blood sport exampled by the ancient Roman venatio. On the other hand Cambridge Online Dictionary defines blood sport as any sport that involves animals being killed or hurt to make the people watching or taking part feel excitement, which may more correctly be identified and defined as animal blood sport or human-animal blood sport since human blood sports are lacking from that definition.
Bloodsport includes coursing, combat sports such as cockfighting and dog fighting, or other activities of human-animal blood sport. These usually involve blood being drawn, and often result in the death of one or more animals.
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