Sickness in Spain

[Allen Coniglio]

This may be off topic but, I just need to know - Is this true? If so, how
can this kind of thing be allowed to go on in 21st century Europe? This and
the fox hunts in England . . . Yes, I know - things like this go on all over
the world, in every country. That doesn't make it any easier to take. This
is the violence of the sycotic miasm and the mental disease of the
syphilitic miasm. I am convinced that man's days on this planet are numbered
as he moves toward the abyss of his own cruelty, ignorance and evil. The
depth of man's disease is immeasurable.

Allen

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SPEARED 500 TIMES FOR FUN AT FIESTA Oct 3 2004

Join our fight to outlaw Spanish sadists

By Britt Collins

A SPEARED bull calf is chained up and carted off on a lorry, its corpse a
twisted mess after being stabbed with 500 lances.

Minutes earlier the majestic beast - out of its mind on drugs - had been
cornered and castrated by bloodthirsty horsemen before being brutally
speared to death.

Its testicles were mounted on a spear and paraded around by cheering crowds.

The shocking images were captured by animal rights protesters in
Tordesillas, Spain. They watched in horror as 40,000 people hunted the bull
through streets and across fields in a centuries-old ritual known as the
Fiesta Toro de la Vega (Festival of the Bulls).

We are now urging readers to help end the suffering which has appalled even
the Spanish. Tony Moore, of Fight Against Animal Cruelty in Europe, said:
"These spectacles are incredibly sadistic and unbearable to watch.

"You could feel the animal's fear as you heard his agonising screams."

The five-month-old bull named Rodanero was chased to sandy ground where it
struggled to run. Once pinned down it faced an agonising death.

Tony, who was threatened for filming the slaughter, added: "The bull is
castrated and his tail wrenched off.

"Then there is a competition to deal the killing thrust. The beast is struck
from all angles with lances often going in one side and coming out the
other.

"Once the bull is dead, its testicles are mounted on the winner's spear. The
winner also gets the head and a medal."

Thousands of bulls die in the fiestas which take place across Spain. They
were banned by General Franco in the 1930s but revived after his death.

Spain has no animal-protection laws and the regions are left to decide how
to deal with the cruelties.

Speaking after last month's fiesta in Tordesillas, TV director Aniano Gago
said: "We are a people of barbarians. Wherever we go, we don't leave any
animal alive. We should be ashamed."

We demand action

To the Spanish Ambassador:

Please end the barbaric Fiesta Toro de la Vega in Tordesillas where bulls
are killed in a brutal and agonising way.

As a civilised member of the European Union, it is YOUR responsibility to
show kindness and mercy to all animals. Please end this sick and bloody
ritual before one more bull dies.
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