SEND LETTER WITH REQUEST Public Call For Namibia To Announce A Moratorium on Seal Culling Policy
SEAL ALERT SA
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than 2-days
to go
to the largest slaughter
of
endangered animals and
the second largest seal harvest in the world
URGENT REQUEST FRANCOIS
HUGO
PLEASE WRITE
28 June 07
Why Is Namibia
Culling A Declining Seal Population
SUPPORT BULLFIGHT BAN
Date: June 27, 2007 To: ciliaflores@an.gob.ve
Dear Mrs Flores,
Action Against Poisoning fights animal poisoning in particular and supports animal protection efforts in general.
We have a special interest in the relation between animal abuse, mental health and social stability as we noted that animal cruelty like bullfighting facilitates violence towards people. Senseless violence is a contemporary mental health and public order problem. It is clear that no Mayor wants his citizens beating up innocent people as part of their “having fun” going out in his city.
In our view the bullfight is the cruellest form of animal abuse as it is the only “game” we know with the sole purpose of death by torture.
We cannot find a shred of justification for the torture of an animal that has not asked to be part of the game, that has been tampered with to reduce the remotest chance to win and that has no escape from the bullring.
We emphasize the point that bullfights – or any other combination of festivities and killing - breeds a notion that killing for fun is socially acceptable or even heroic.
The ritual performance of the acts and their sequence matches the definition of sadism: the infliction of pain for the pleasure of it.
Sadism is a certified mental disorder. A healthy society does not want to have, let alone breed, sadists amongst its citizens.
As participants of the International Anti-Bullfighting Summit in Lisbon on 18-19 May we were informed on the situation in Venezuela. We understood that Venezuela is progressing towards a possible ban on bullfights.
Especially for that reason we voted as Dutch citizens against the draft EU Constitution as its article III-121 condones animal abuse under the label of religious or cultural traditions.
Like for African, Indian or Maori war dances we respect the bullfight preservation of the traditional display of costumes, music, dancing and stabbing but please leave the bulls out of it. We also see a great future for monumental bullrings for operas, concerts and plays.
However, a society that treasures traditional bullfights – or any other animal cruelty - as cultural heritage has a long way to go towards real civilization.
As Venezuelan Member of Congress who values a non-violent society and respect for life, we urge you to ban bullfights to the benefit of public as well as animal welfare.
A ban would be a keystone contribution to the global abolition of animal abuse in general and the cruelest abuse in particular.
We look forward to your reaction.
With kind regards,
Drs P.M. Donker
Action Against Poisoning
Campaign against the barbarity of the Bull of Darts Coria / Spain
They have a long way to go to reach civilization".
Marius Donker
BULL OF
DARTS
Date
23rd to 29th June.
The bull walks and runs for hours in the streets while people throw
darts at him. When he is too tired and weak from loss of blood to
continue to escape, the villagers shoot him and cut off his
testicules.
Please
send protest letters to the following authorities. You can also
send a postcard available at our website.
http://www.iwab.org/ongoingcampaigns.html
City
Hall of Coria
Email:
informacion@coria.org
Tourism
Avd. Extremadura, 39
10800 Coria
Caceres
Spain
Email:
turismo@coria.org
Diputacion
Provincial de Caceres
Plaza de Santa Maria, s/n
10071 Caceres
Spain
Fax + 34 927255471
Email:
presidencia@dip-caceres.es
For the
Animals
Maria
Lopes
Coordinator
Campaign against
the barbarity of the Bull of Darts
Coria / Spain
www.stieren.net
www.banbloodsports.com/home.htm
For
more info go to Peta and/or WSPA