Karthikeya Sivasenapathy

Karthikeya Sivasenapathy is a cattle rights and biodiversity activist from the south of India. He is actively involved in the protests of January 2017 in Tamil Nadu arguing for the ban on Jallikattu in India to be lifted. Sivasenapathy has appeared multiple times on television programs such as Neeya Naana and on Facebook videos to educate the Tamil people about the value of preserving the local Tamil cattle breeds. He is also the chairman of Senaapathy Kangayam Cattle Research Foundation a non-profit organisation focussing on the preservation of the Kangeyam cattle breed, local to Madurai, Salem, Erode and Coimbatore districts of Tamil Nadu.
Sivasenapathy has appeared on television and viral videos stating the importance of the indigenous cattle breeds of India. He has also appeared in Takkaru Takkaru a music video by Hip Hop Tamizha, trying to create awareness about Jallikattu. Karthikeya Sivasenapathy has gone on to explain that the indigenous cattle bulls are critically endangered in Tamil Nadu and banning Jallikattu will have the adverse effect of wiping them out completely. According to Sivasenapthy, Jallikattu is not just a sport that is deeply entrenched in Tamil culture, but it has traditionally also inadvertently served as a scientific method of breeding cattle. This is because in Tamil Nadu the bulls which win in the Jallikattu competitions are traditionally used as Studs for breeding, and the losing bulls are used as plow animals in farms. In his opinion, Jallikattu therefore has served the purpose of not only preserving the tradition of raising indigenous bulls in Tamil Nadu but has also preserved the dominant genetic traits of the breed.He has been an inspiration to tamil youths and tamil people. He plays a main role in saving bulls from extinction.He is the spark which lead into major fire among youngsters.He has been the inspiation behind the historical protest by students all over tamil nadu started on 17th january of 2017.A severe activist who still fights for his people and breed.
The statements of Sivasenapathy and other pro Jallikattu activists has been refuted by PETA, stating that " Stopping Jallikattu does not stop bulls from being used as studs, and a veterinarian can easily inform farmers which bull is the healthiest with far greater accuracy than by judging the outcome of a Jallikattu event".

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