Ernest Hemingway | STOP ANIMAL ABUSE

“Please note this has been translated from Spanish”

The debate over bullfighting has come to Massachusetts (USA). The newspaper ‘The Boston Globe‘ has one devoted to publishing in which charges the “grotesque spectacle” , praised the veto imposed on the run in Catalonia and the Canary Islands and suggests that Spain should disappear this tradition.

The bullfighter Manuel Jesus ‘El Cid’, in Las Ventas, on May 22. JuanJo Martin | Reuters

In his editorial, ‘The Boston Globe’ considered, noting the drop in the number of runs and the decline of the Spanish fans for the bulls, that currently “there is no romance or honor” on the run.The paper notes that there is a “fight” but “torture an animal to enjoy the mass”. And remember that even a declared admirer of the bulls as the American writer Ernest Hemingway was “honest enough” to recognize that what fascinated him the party was “the spectacle of death”.

“THE TIME HAS PASSED BULLS”

The journal welcomes Spanish that increasingly reject “as entertainment” and stresses that the parliaments of Catalonia and the Canary Islands banned bullfighting and that these are no longer issued on public television.

By contrast, notes that the Spanish Government declare bulls weigh cultural interest . Given this possibility, the newspaper of Boston takes sides and nostalgic suggests that the bulls should “accept the reality”, which in the opinion of the newspaper is that “the bulls are inhumane and their time has passed.” “Spain’s contributions to Western culture have been many glorious, but the grotesque spectacle of torturing bulls to death for amusement is not one of them,” he concludes. “Well said, its way past time this horrific spectacle of killing for fun & family entertainment; be banned altogether!”

Translated News link:– http://www.elperiodico.com/es/noticias/sociedad/editorial-boston-globe-toros-espana-catalunya-2402694

Petitions to sign please to ban this barbaric atrocity:-

http://www.change.org/petitions/to-chancellor-angela-merkel-stop-financing-from-european-funds-of-bullfighting

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http://www.petitions24.com/contra_la_declaracion_de_la_tauromaquia_patrimonio_unesco

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/campanha-contra-as-touradas-no-mundo-campaign-against-bullfighting-in-the-world-campagne-contre-la/

http://www.change.org/es/peticiones/comisión-de-cultura-del-congreso-de-los-diputados-no-a-la-declaracion-de-bic-a-la-tauromaquia

http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-bullfighting-festivals-in-france

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https://secure.humanesociety.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=4991

http://www.change.org/petitions/a-la-comisión-de-peticiones-del-parlamento-europeo-que-el-parlamento-prohíba-los-crueles-y-sanguinarios-festejos-taurinos-2

http://avaaz.org/en/petition/Fim_do_financiamento_a_Tauromaquia_com_dinheiros_publicos/

http://action.peta.org.uk/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=5&ea.campaign.id=20036

http://www.change.org/es/peticiones/dile-al-ayuntamiento-de-a-coruña-basta-de-corridas-de-toros

https://secure.peta.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=4849

“This is bad news my friends! Please sign petitions below & share widely, only our voices collectively joined, can help stop this heinous brutality; a bloody sport, disguised as tradition!”

Spanish MPs have voted to consider giving bullfighting special cultural status – a move that could overturn regional bans on the age-old tradition

The number of bullfights each year is falling in Spain

In a 180-40 vote, the parliament backed a petition signed by 590,000 people.

If the idea becomes law, it may roll back the ban in Spain’s regions of Catalonia and the Canary Islands.

It may also provide tax breaks for promoters of bullfighting (corrida). Opponents describe the tradition of killing animals as barbaric.

‘Barbaric’ tradition

Those taking part in the a bullfight are called toreros, while the person in charge of killing the bull is the matador de toros – killer of bulls
Fighters can be awarded the bull’s ears, tail or hooves as a trophy
Author Ernest Hemingway was an admirer of Spanish bullfighting and wrote about its rituals in 1932 in Death in the Afternoon
The tradition dates back at least 4,000 years and is thought to have been popularised by the Romans
It remains popular in southern France, Portugal and some South American countries

On Tuesday, the popular petition was easily backed in parliament, where the governing conservative Popular Party (PP) has a majority.

Under the proposal, bullfighting would be promoted by the authorities who would also push the UN to recognise it as part of Spain’s cultural heritage.

A parliamentary commission is now expected to fine-tune proposed legislation and the vote could take place later this year.

The parliamentary vote is an attempt by pro-bullfighting conservatives to keep this controversial tradition alive, the BBC’s Tom Burridge reports.

About 2,000 fights are still held every year in Spain, but the numbers are falling.

Bullfighting was banned last year in Catalonia, in the north-east, with supporters of the measure describing the blood-soaked pageants as barbaric.

The ban in Catalonia was also seen by many Spaniards as an attempt by Catalan nationalists to distinguish the region from the rest of Spain and its traditions.

Bullfighting was also banned in the Canary Islands in 1991.

News Link:-http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21437314

From the moment the bull enters the ring, he is destined to die. His death will be slow and painful, and the last moments of his life will be full of terror and confusion as he hears the sounds of a jeering crowd. For the bull, bullfighting is no “competition”. It is simply slaughter for human entertainment.

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