INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT AGAINST BULLFIGHTS
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INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT AGAINST BULLFIGHTS |
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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       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)  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
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