The Scriptures refer to the practice in quite innocuous terms: "For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind" (James 3:7).
Ee ruri, mokwadi mongwe wa Baebele o ne a bua jaana mo e ka nnang dingwaga di le 2 000 tse di fetileng: "Mofuta mongwe le mongwe wa sebatana sa naga mmogo le nonyane le segagabi le sebopiwa sa lewatle ruri o tla kgwabofadiwa e bile o kgwabofaditswe ke batho." - Jakobe 3:7.