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BULLFIGHTS IN SPAIN

BULLFIGHTING SCHOOLS – THE “ART” OF TORTURING AND KILLING

In Spain according to the numbers of the Ministry of Interior there are 43 registered bullfighting schools.
All these schools are subsidized by the Autonomic Regions, local authorities, etc. For example the region of Andalucia has 22 bullfighting schools and in 2007 the Government of Andalucia gave 300,000 euros of public money to these schools.



Children begin learning the “art” of torturing and killing at an early age. The minimum entry age for these schools varies from one region to another, for example in Valencia it is 9 years old and in Madrid 12.
The schools provide all course material. Field trips include visits to farms of bull breeders to participate in tientas ( tests where bulls and cows are pinched with long spears to see how brave they are) and they also practice on calves, young bulls and cows with banderillas, swords, etc.

If you add to the inherent cruelty of a bullfighting spectacle the inexperience of these children you can imagine the carnage.



The minimum age to perform in a spectacle in Spain is 16 years old so many children as young as 11 or 12 go to Mexico to perform since there is no minimum age in that country.




It would be impossible to present a list of cities and addresses of towns with bullfights. It would be far easier to present the cities that don't have, so the best solution is to send protests to the Prime Minister of Spain and to the Ministry of the Interior (the entity that governs bullfights in Spain).

Presidente del Gobierno
D.Rodriguez Zapatero
Complejo de La Moncloa
28071 Madrid
Spain
Email: jlrzapatero@presidencia.gob.es

Ministerio del Interior
Pº de la Castellana, 5
28071 Madrid
Spain
Fax + 34 915371177
Email: estafeta@mir.es

Photo © Associated Press
Photo © Associated Press
Photo © Associated Press






Las Ventas, Madrid, 23.5.2009 - Patanegra

Besides the very well known spanish bullfights, this country has something commonly called Popular Festivals (popular fiestas) which are in reality another way of torturing bulls. Some of these popular fiestas are outrageous and terrible. Below a list of the most horrific popular fiestas as well as the email addresses of the local authorities.


TORDESILLAS "El toro de la Vega" (bull of Vega)
This so called popular fiesta consists in chasing a bull with spears all over the village sticking them into his body until his death. Meanwhile, since the crowd think that the torture is not enough, they cut his testicles off while he is stil alive.

City Hall of Tordesillas
Plaza Mayor,1 Centralita
47100 Tordesillas
Valladolid
Spain
Fax: +33 983796076
Email: ayto.tordesillas@dip-valladolid.es

Tourism
Casas del Tratado
47100 Tordesillas
Valadolid
Spain

Tourism of Castilla y Leon
C/Alcala, 79
28009 Madrid
Spain
Fax + 34 917812416

CORIA "El Toro de Coria" (Coria's bull)

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 kill him with a gun and cut his testicles off.

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
Email: informacion@dip-caceres.es


MEDINACELI (Soria)
"Toros de Fuego " (Fire bulls)


This particular savagery consists in putting a kind of ball of pitch on both the horns of the bulls and setting fire to the balls. The bulls are released on the streets. These balls burn for hours, burning the horns, body and eyes, causing terrible suffering.
Several times the bulls try to kill themselves against walls, due to the horrible pain.



City Hall of Medinaceli
Plaza del Ayuntamiento,1
42240 Medinaceli
Soria
Spain
Fax + 34 975326053

President of the Diputación Prov. Soria
C/ Caballeros, 17 Soria
SORIA 42071
Tel: +34 975 211089
Fax: +34 975 101091
presidencia@dipsoria.es

Turism of Soria
turismo@dipsoria.com

President de la Junta de Castilla y Leon
Plaza de Castilla y Leon,1
Spain
Fax + 34 983411269
Email: presidente.responde@jcyl.es
Suggestions on line to the President
http://www.jcyl.es/

Turism of Castilla y León
sotur@jcyl.es


BENAVENTE (Zamora)
"Toro Enmaromado" (Bull with ropes)


The bull is bound with ropes and dragged all over the village till he dies of exhaustion or by the cutting of his throat.

City Hall of Benavente
Email: prensa@ayto-zamora.org
Email: participa.igualdad@ayto-zamora.org

Tourism
Plaza de Viriato, s/n. (Palacio Provincial)
49001 Zamora
Spain
Fax + 34 980536495
Email: turismo@zamoradipu.es

Diputacion Provincial de Zamora
Plaza de Viriato, s/n
49071 Zamora
Spain
Fax + 34 980 520 484
Email: diputacion@zamoradipu.es


These are only a few examples of the barbarities perpetrated in Spain against bulls, and excludes the atrocities held in bullrings.

THIS IS THE BLOODY AND SHAMEFUL SPAIN!



Created by Fabien Alexandre Marina