Those sick shows were extremely popular in
England back in Shakespeare's day, and all manner of fearsome creatures
were forced to fight in a spectacle that seems revoltingly barbaric to
anyone who cares about animals.
They
called it "baiting", and the gruesome blood sport most commonly
involved bears and bulls battling other animals to the death in a
theater setting, one of the most popular nicknamed "Bear Gardens".Baiting
was so popular in the 16th and 17th century that Queen Elizabeth I and
other royals could be seen in the crowds, and even though it fell out of
popularity by the 1700s baiting wasn't banned in England until 1835.
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