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BLOODY SPANISH FIESTAS
Toro
de Coria (Cáceres). SPAIN
Coria has
its holidays from the 23rd to the 25th of June every year.
Eleven bulls deambulate through the streets of Coria while
"human" youngsters throw darts to the bull. For a many HOURS the
bull suffers an incredible agony and, finally, is castrated
alive.
Do you think
we exagerate?, Look at this:
Take your action:
Send the
following letter to the spanish and regional authorities and
please DO NOT visit "Extremadura" until this barbaric "tradition"
ends:
Copy, paste and e-mail:
Excmo. Sr. Presidente,
Distinguidos Sres.,
Organizaciones europeas y españolas me han informado acerca del
sufrimiento al que son sometidos los animales (toros y
vaquillas) en los espectáculos que se celebran en Coria y en el
resto Extremadura, durante las Fiestas de San Juan;. Estoy
escandalizado. Los toros son torturados durante horas con dardos
y banderillas. Es inconcebible que esto ocurra en el siglo XXI.
No viajaré a Extremadura, región en la que animales son
torturados hasta la muerte, mientras no se promulgue una
LEGISLACIÓN que PROHÍBA todas estas crueldades con animales. De
hecho, Extremadura ya es tristemente conocida por el burro de
Pero Palo de Villanueva de la Vera.
Atentamente,
MORE BLOODY FIESTAS
Spanish Blood Fiestas revolve around the torture
and death of Animals
Since the death of Franco in 1975 there have been
many changes and developments in Spain. This once seemingly isolated
country, the last bastion of Europe against the massive and
turbulent continent of Africa, has hurtled into the European
mainstream.
Spaniards are in the forefront of European
development in the sciences and arts, and Spanish cities are
showcases of some of Europe's most progressive architecture. In
short, Spain has arrived.
There is however a strange and frightening
dichotomy. In the midst of the 'Brave New World' there is a
continuance, a regression and an expansion of a culture of cruelty
to animals that is barbarous and medieval.
FAACE has worked, since 1987, to study and expose the Blood
Fiestas and bullfighting in Spain.
Many thousands of these horrific Blood Fiestas take
place in villages throughout Spain each year.
The vast majority of Blood Fiestas use cattle as
their victims. Bulls, cows and calves from the bullfighting herds
are tortured and killed.
  
Blood Fiestas with cattle are classified as
bullfighting.
Bullfighting and Blood Fiestas are promoted and
regulated under the Spanish National Bullfighting Law.
After cattle, chickens are the next most used
creatures in Blood Fiestas a few other animals are also used such as
pigs, geese, ducks, donkeys, squirrels, rabbits, pigeons etc.
Some of the now notorious
Spanish fiestas involving animal cruelty first exposed and brought
to prominence are:
The crushed donkeys of the Pero Palo fiestas,
Villanueva de la Vera (Blackie).
Goat paraded in streets, before being thrown from
the church tower in Manganeses de la Polvorosa.
The chickens hung from a line and hand decapitated
by horsemen in Nalda.
The pigeons and squirrels in clay pots stoned in
Robledo de Chavela.
The live chickens hung from a line hacked to pieces
by blindfolded young girls with blunted swords in Tordesillas.
The chickens buried to their necks and decapitated
by blindfolded villagers in Aduna.
The speared bulls, the fire
bulls.
The drowned bulls, the bulls
castrated alive for fun, and the darted bulls of Coria.
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