Combat de Reines

Combat de Reines or Swiss Cow fighting (French: Combat de Reines; Romansh: Combat da reginas) is a traditional event held mostly in the Swiss canton of Valais, in which a cow fights another cow (unlike bullfighting, in which humans fight bulls, often to the death).

Each year, the Swiss canton of Valais hosts a series of cow fights known as combats de reines ("queen fights"), which began in the 1920s and has drawn as many as 50,000 spectators in a year.

At the end of the year, a grand final is held in Aproz, where the six best from seven districts do battle in six weight categories.

[citation needed] With their horns blunted, the fights are mainly a pushing contest.

Similar events take place in Savoie and Haute-Savoie, France, and in the Aosta Valley of Italy