Sorry but I can't read the link as I'm totally against anything that can harm or kill animals. I know that Spain have closed down a number of Bullrings but I'd love to see them all closed. If a Matador gets injured, well it was his choice to take part, animals don't have choices.


This afternoon I was watching a series of back to back progs that were enjoyable, in the break there were Ads from WSPA, the horrendous graphic scenes of animals in different countries being treated so inhumanely and cruelly broke my heart, the animals were in such distress. it was so pitiful to see, it still haunts me hours on.

Yellow. This is a slight coincidence because only seconds before I posted this thread I was signing an online petition created by WSPA against bullfighting.

I think we have empathy on this topic.

Coincidences can be amazing at times, and perfectly timed  Nice to know another forummer who cares about this/these issues

I think bull fighting is disgusting and if i could get my hands on the people that do it, I would break every bone in their body so that they can never walk again never mind fight bulls.

About 250,000 bulls are estimated to die each year in the nine countries that allow the sport, with 60,000 of the kills occurring in Spain.

Apart from the sickening Bullring every year in certain towns in Spain the locals take part in what's known as The Bull Run. A Bull is let loose into a very narrow street with the locals or tourists on either side of the street shouting, screaming and throwing things at the Bull while it runs terrified along the street. Even though over the years this has caused loss of human life if the terrified Bull runs into a person through fear it's still an annual ritual, all animal mistreatment to me is barbaric.

Is the word..try googling *how many Matadors die each year* its very hard to find an answer*..its a sickening sport and yes it is a sport even though Some Spanish like to wrap it up in a package called an art....

More bulls die than Matadors. A Matador if injured can receive medical treatment, from what I know there are no vets available at the time to help treat the Bulls. In Spain it's not just an art its part of their culture and history and when it comes to animal welfare whether bulls, dogs or cats they are many decades culturally behind other countries, even though all countries have a bad record regarding animal welfare.

Bullfighting?  Is that still going on?  I guess that joins the long list along with bear baiting that is still going on, cock fighting and dog fighting.  Shame on these countries, including Britain where dog fighting has re-surfaced..

And fox hunting again if Cameron et al get their way.

Barbaric torture.

I wud love to post i link where the matador dies - he gets wot he deserves

I hate bullfighting it should not be allowed to taunt animals disgraceful sport

I hate cruelty to animals full stop, especially in the name of so-called 'sport'

This is taken from the article referred to in the Opening Post:

"Still, sometimes he feels sorry for the animals he kills.
"I feel quite bad when the bull has been good, and you see the expression on his face, the innocence. He has given you his bravery, he has collaborated so that you win praise and people stand in ovation," he said."

"Collaborated"?  - I don't think so.
He does it for the praise?
What a sad, deluded boy!!
Sickening.

It's still going on under this government

Fox hunting is going on because the law to ban it wasn't strong enough.Hounds and hunts can "chase" foxes and despatch them,not with hounds though,they are supposed to be shot "Humanely" aye right!
These so called country folk that think they know better than the rest of us do my head in,arses! If foxes are a problem,which I doubt really, in the modern factory farming world where chickens etc don't see the sun, never mind a fox etc,surely they would be culled far more effectively with some quiet hunters etc with guns.Instead we  have a bunch of overdressed yahoos,blowing horns and quaffing booze with a pack of hounds, on horses etc costing thousands of pounds.Rentokill they ain't.

Well, so glad we have urban foxes,they have outwitted the daft humans and are welcome in my garden.

I note that on the article "Comments have been turned off" I suspect because none were favourable.Pah!

Haven't quoted all your post but I agree with it  Some weeks ago in a related post I talked of where lived for many years and had fox families at the bottom of the garden. I mentioned I fed them every day of the year, also mentioned I had 3 cats and they never troubled them, neighbours pets or other wildlife I fed daily which was many species of birds, squirrels, hedgehogs. I never found a dead body in my garden. I also mentioned that because they trusted me they let me get very close to them and their cubs who played like puppies with parents or family members watching over them, to me it was an honour to be accepted by them as they are wary of humans, and rightly so in many cases.

I hope the "Boy"! gets scabies,,,scratch ,scratch! and they are the deep groin burrowing type.

cruelty in the name of "entertainment"

even if the bull does get his revenge - it is never a happy ending

it makes me so mad and they say we should let them carry on cos its their "culture", its also "culture" to throw a donkey out of a tower

An interesting set of generalisations indeed!

To satisfy your feeling of injustice - google "bullfighter dies"
its interesting . . . .