CAN WE HUMANS GET ANY SICKER?? - PLEASE PROTEST NOW.

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Linda Furness [linda.furness1]

CAN WE HUMANS GET ANY SICKER?? - PLEASE PROTEST NOW.

 

Can we get any sicker - no wonder we have so much violence in this world.

May I ask our friends overseas to e-mail the UK Embassy as well as your own.

thank you

linda

 

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MARK JOHNSON <shoutatthemoon

linda.furness1

Monday, October 11, 2004 10:06 AM

Sick Spanish and other Europeans

 

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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The contact details for the Spanish Embassy <embespr

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- e mails can be sent, but a name must be given so that the embassy can

formally reply ! - if the ambassador thinks worthy.

Alternatively, the phone number is 0207 235 5555, but I have found that it

is only a recorded message, selecting option 5 gives details for the press

office, which can be contacted on 0207 235 7537. They do not relayy want

too much involvement - so maybe they should be called !

SPANISH EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES WORLDWIDE

Spanish Embassy in the UK <embespuk

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Manchester General Consulate <cg.manchester

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USA

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