Bullfighting is a barbaric “sport” that most likely originated as part of a fertility rite in the eastern Mediterranean area. Cretan pottery attests to its early origins that date back millennia. Its original regenerative symbolization has degenerated into a useless bloody spectacle that is not only dangerous for the participants, but more exclusively for the agonizing slaughter of innocent bulls.
It is a sport, as one petition points out, that is international in scope in the Old and New Worlds. Sadly it is the Spanish, notwithstanding their magnificent achievements and contributions, who more than other culture, have encouraged these outmoded means of abusing bulls either with a corrida, in the streets, or with some other needless traditional carnage. Over 10,000 poorly treated bulls a year are sent to their slaughter to satiate a bloodthirsty mentality. It all amounts to a disgrace to humanity.
“The tables,” however, “have been turned.” A Spanish newspaper reports that a bullfighter was gored on the opening day of a festival. Just a few days ago in Madrid, Saul Jimenez Fortes was tossed in the air and then dragged on the arena ground since his necktie became entangled in a bull’s horn. The bull was distracted so the wounded matador could be placed out of harm’s way. In a tweet from a hospital he thanked his fans for their good wishes “and God for being by his side.”
It is quite amazing how the supreme being is invoked by one who inflicts torture on animals. Needless to say, there is a lesson to be learned beyond the aspect of animal cruelty — that bullfighting is also dangerous to the people who participate in this outdated savagery.
We urge you to sign our petition to end bullfighting. This petition states that “it is pure torture for the bulls forced into the ring to face mutilation and death.”
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Good score one for the bulls!!!! That guy got what he deserved!!!!!!!
I COULD NOT HAVE HAD MY DAY MADE ANY BETTER!!!
There are many dreadful cruel ‘sports’ which include animal cruelty in Spain – what is wrong the the Govt and sadistic people that they cannot ban them ? This is not the dark ages or is it in Spain ?
Blood, kill, kill put the spectators in the arena instead of the unfortunate bulls!
It’s called Karma and it ALWAYS comes back to you…..
As both a Spanish-language studying exchange student (from the USA) and tourist I saw a couple of bullfights. A couple of ironic things that I observed from Spanish citizens who were bullfight aficionados follow:
1) The elderly men would ask, not if you liked “the bullfight”, but rather, “do you like the bulls?” when they engaged you in conversation about whether or not you wanted to discuss the so-called bullfight. An odd perspective when the bull was attitude-wise being considered the paragon of the event, yet was tortured, played, & dragged out bloody & dead.
2) The first bullfights of the year in Spain take place on the very Christian holiday of Easter. What an odd juxtaposition of Jesus Christ’s resurrection followed on the same day by the slaughter of 6 bulls in the town’s bullfight ring!
Dreadful. Get rid of the bullfight. The bulls have done nothing to deserve the torture that stupid little, narrow minded people have decided is glorious.
Stop; NOW!
END THIS DEPRAVED, UNCONSCIONABLE EVENT — many in the world have already banned the horrific spectacle of “bullfighting” — TORTURE IS NOT CULTURE — remember : bulls WANT to live — they have the RIGHT to live — WHO protects the bull from abuse, suffering and early death !
There is no peaceful comment when animals are hurt.Eliminate the humans causing the problem so itwon’t happen again.Humans like this will never change, that’s as peaceful as I’ll ever be.
Lol! Don’t feel bad at all!!!
This is not a sport, let alone so called entertainment! This is sick, twisted slow torture for these magnificent bulls. People that are capable of finding enjoyment are nothing but psychopaths!!!
GOOD! TOO BAD THEY ALL WEREN’T GORED FOR THE HORROR THEY INFLICT ON THESE INNOCENT ANIMALS!!!!! THIS IS SICK, CRUEL, BARBARIC, HORRID, TORTUROUS ………………………..
GOOD!
Rev. Doug Bilyeu
Fucking Bullfighters! They all deserve to die!
The bullfighter didn’t die? Damnit! Wish the bull had shoved it’s horn right through his skull.
I AM HAPPY THAT BULLFIGHTER WAS GORDED BY A POOR AND INNOCENT BULL THAT IS BEING USED AND ABUSED FOR PROFIT AND IGNORANT HUMANS ENTERTAINMENT ALTHOUGH I AM SURE THE POOR BULL WAS PROBABLY MURDERED AFTER THE POOR SWEETHEART GORDED THE GOD FORSAKEN HUMAN WHICH IS A SIN IN ITSELF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
VIVA EL TORO!! I wish the bulls could win every time. I would never shed a tear for the “humans” the way I do for the bulls.The bulls don’t have a voice in this ghoulish pseudo-macho horror. Nobody dragged the beeg manly matador (Spanish for “loser”) into the ring. Who cares if he comes out again feet first?
I hope and pray that the bull was not put to death after this.
Ihr seid richtige monster!!!!