(26 Jul 2011) SHOTLIST
AP Television
Outside Sarajevo, Bosnia - July 24, 2011
1. Mid of two bulls fighting head to head
2. Wide of the Bullfighting "Cevljanoivici" with people surrounding the arena
3. Close of two bulls locking horns
4. Mid of bulls fighting
5. Wide of spectators watching on bank
6. Mid of owners leading the bull into the arena
7. Close of officials examining and blunting horns
8. Wide of spectators watching fight
9. Wide of victorious bull chasing the loser and owners celebrating
10. Wide of people watching bullfight
11. Various of bulls fighting
12. Mid of spectators
13. Wide of owners celebrating with winning bull and draping red blanket on his back
14. SOUNDBITE: (Bosnian) Nizamir Djulovic, bull owner:
"A law has been passed that is much better for us owners and for the bulls. According to the new law there is no chance the bulls can get hurt. There is no sharpening of horns, no extension of horns, no instigation to fight, simply when the bulls enter the arena only the owners are with them and the bulls clash heads only if they want to. Simply, the rules nature set were written down in a law."
16. Mid of owner showing off his tethered bull
17. SOUNDBITE: (Bosnian) Besim Gljiva, head of the Association of Breeders of Fighting Bulls:
"The tradition of Bosnian bullfights is according to documents exactly 238 years old in Bosnia and Herzegovina and it started on the mountain of Grmec."
18. Mid of two bulls fighting
19. SOUNDBITE: (Bosnian) Hidajet Kuckovic, bull owner:
"Before they sharpened the horns like needles and poked the bulls like in Spain. Now there is no more blood in the arena, the fights are longer and nicer to watch and the bulls last longer."
20. Various of people dancing to traditional folk music
21. Wide of people sitting on grass
22. Various of belly dancers and people watching
LEADIN:
New rules in Bosnia-Herzegovina preventing animal cruelty have not made the popular sport of bullfighting less competitive, according to its fans.
The 200-year-old tradition of bull duelling was almost banned by the authorities but organisers worked to make their sport more humane and just as thrilling.
STORYLINE:
Two giant bulls lock horn and wrestle one other in to submission.
Here in an open field near the village of Cevljanovic, half an hour north of the capital Sarajevo, thousands come to watch the spectacle.
In fact the sport is so popular, major events can attract up to 100,000 people - travelling from all over Bosnia.
But despite the numbers, over the last few years the authorities had been looking to stop the sport under animal cruelty laws.
Desperate not to see their passion banned, owners and organisers found a compromise.
Nizamir Djulovic, a bull owner whose beast is competing in the event, says: "A law has been passed that is much better for us owners and for the bulls. According to the new law there is no chance the bulls can get hurt. There is no sharpening of horns, no extension of horns, no instigation to fight, simply when the bulls enter the arena only the owners are with them and the bulls clash heads only if they want to. Simply, the rules nature set were written down in a law."
The tradition dates back many hundreds of years and those competing today did not want to see the ancient sport lost.
Besim Gljiva, head of the Association of Breeders of Fighting Bulls says: "The tradition of Bosnian bullfights is according to documents exactly 238 years old in Bosnia and Herzegovina and it started on the mountain of Grmec."
Unlike the Spanish version of bull fighting, bulls only fight one another.
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