Spain's sickening 'blood fiestas' make bullfights seem tame - but the most shocking thing about them is YOU'RE paying for them
By Danny Penman In Tordesillas Last updated at 12:45 PM on 20th September 2010
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By Action Against Poisoning :
Subject: THE BULL'S EYE OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION
THE BULL'S EYE OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION
Here - in this bullring - bullfights will be held. Here the
audience will applaud the people who slowly and deliberately
inflict anger, pain and subsequent death on an animal.
Why can that happen in this European country?
If I would step into a Dutch meadow and perform the traditional
bullfight on a bull, I would be lynched - or if the police is fast
- arrested for sadistic acts inflicted on an animal. You are a
sadist if you enjoy inflicting pain. Sadism is a certified mental
disorder. So bullfights are a very sick tradition.
And still the European Union allows such traditions.
I want you to know that this is one of the reasons why many
Dutchmen voted against the European Constitution.
If EU Constitution Art III-121 would concern human rights there
would be no leeway for culturally based violence against people. It
is the spirit of this article to protect animals. However, the
letter of this article condones every animal abuse in the name of
"cultural heritage". The bulls cannot vote against this crippled
law, so they depend on us to fight the injustice of it. It would
grace the EU if it would for once look through a bull’s eyes.
Action Against Poisoning
www.actionagainstpoisoning.com
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www.bullfightingfree.org
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5we4eBEdLgQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd4FyPOuCEI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzQ_NBV5Z4g
El toro by Rockband
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EUROPEAN UNION ELECTION 2009
A MANIFESTO FOR EUROPE
by
www.advocatesforanimals.org
It's time to put
better animal welfare on the agenda in
Brussels
LOOKING
forward to the European elections in June 2009, Advocates for
Animals has published a Manifesto for Animal Welfare.
Candidates are being asked to support key recommendations
including:
- Introduce compulsory welfare labeling for all animal-derived
foodstuffs and other products sold to consumers within the
EU.
- Ban commercial live animal transport in excess of eight
hours.
- Review the Pigs Directive to provide robust protection for pigs
including a ban on sow stalls, farrowing crates and
mutilations.
- End the use of primates in experiments.
- Commit to bi-annual, thematic reviews of the EU Directive
governing animal experiments, to archive the targeted, timetabled
replacement of all animal experiments.
- Ban the import of wild-caught, exotic species intended to be used
as pets.
- Ban the use of animals in circuses.
- Ban trade in all seal products.
The most recent survey published by the European Commission on
"Attitudes of EU Citizens Towards Animal Welfare" showed that, on
average, EU citizens gave the issue eight out of ten for
importance.
Advocates for Animals believes that the European Parliament and the
Commission are well aware of the growing importance of animal
welfare to European voters - and will be taking the opportunity of
the elections to press this message home.
