A bull is released into a crowd where participants try to grab its hump during Mattu Pongal.
Annual buffalo races where whips are used to increase speed, popular in Udupi and Kasaragod.
Men get trampled by cows for good luck on the second day of Diwali puja in Badnagar.
Villagers capture a fox and display it as part of Pongal rituals in Salem.
Bulbul birds are captured and made to fight during Bhogali Bihu at the Hayagriva Madhava temple.
Illegal knockout cockfights are popular in coastal Andhra Pradesh.
Bulls are raced during Ganesh Chaturthi, often subjected to whips and drugs.
Farmers in Rongdoi Village marry wild frogs to appease the rain god.