[Info] the “Anti-Bullfighting City” campaign – the first campaign ever in Portugal

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ANIMAL, in co-operation with the League Against Cruel Sports, has launched

the “Anti-Bullfighting City” campaign – the first campaign ever in Portugal

which aims to create the first Anti-Bullfighting City in this country where

bullfights still exist

 

While Spain has already 32 cities which have already been declared

Anti-Bullfighting Cities, and while France has already at least one city

which has made that important step, Portugal does not yet have any city that

has made such a statement. With the support from the League Against Cruel

Sports, ANIMAL is now targeting 10 cities in the Algarve (Portimão, Lagos,

Lagoa, Aljezur, Silves, Albufeira, Loulé, Olhão, Tavira and Faro) and 1 city

near Lisbon (Sintra) with this campaign, which was launched together with

the new website www.CidadeAntiToura

 

das.org

<http://www.cidadeantitouradas.org/

<http://www.cidadeantitouradas.org/>> , with an English section with

information on what kind of action foreign people visiting Portugal or

living outside Portugal can take to help accomplish this campaign´s

objectives.

 

The key-point of this campaign is to try to get the British tourists

visiting the Algarve every year (as well as all other foreign tourists) to

write to the presidents of the municipalities addressed in this campaign

urging them to officially declare the cities that they govern

Anti-Bullfighting Cities, by officially committing to not allow bullfights

again and to openly condemn these cruel spectacles. By urging the

municipalities to take this step, foreign tourists are invited to say to

these officials that they are boycotting bullfighting towns – which hugely

depend on the money that they spend when visiting – and they would like to

visit anti-bullfighting towns instead. This will provide an economic

motivation – along with the ethical motivation – for the local people and

local companies to involve themselves in making this change happen, to avoid

risking being boycotted. ANIMAL and the League Against Cruel Sports expect

that this pressure will decisively help to make these municipalities commit

against bullfights in order to protect the public image and the economy of

these cities, having, at the same time, an excellent opportunity to market

tourism in their cities internationally as ethically responsible cities.

 

This campaign is integrated in the League´s new anti-bullfighting campaign,

headed in www.BullfightingFree.org <http://www.bullfightingfree.org/

<http://www.bullfightingfree.org/>> ,

which aims to involve British tourists across the world to use their

economic influence as tourists to help to achieve local bans on bullfights

in cities and villages which are frequently visited by British tourists and

that tremendously need the money that these spend when visiting. With this

campaign, the League has found a very effective way to deal with a problem

of extreme cruelty to animals such as bullfights and its traditional and

economic aspect: to use the same elements that still keep bullfights alive –

popularity and money – but against these abhorrent spectacles. In Portugal,

this is strategy involving local bans is much more effective and realistic

than it would be to try to accomplish a nationwide ban for now (although the

entire campaign will obviously make it easier for that to happen sooner than

it would if it was not for this campaign effort).

 

* Please support the Anti-Bullfighting City campaign – please click

here

<http://www.cidadeantitouradas.org/index.php?option=com_content & task=view & id

<http://www.cidadeantitouradas.org/index.php?option=com_content & task=view & id>

=35 & Itemid=40> to go to the campaign “Take Action” page (in English)

 

* Please make a donation to support this campaign and help ANIMAL

to create the first Anti-Bullfighting City – please contact us at

CidadeAntiToura

<CidadeAntiTouradas%40animal.org.pt>

<CidadeAntiToura

<CidadeAntiTouradas%40animal.org.pt>>

or donate through PayPal by clicking here

<http://www.cidadeantitouradas.org/index.php?option=com_content & task=view & id

<http://www.cidadeantitouradas.org/index.php?option=com_content & task=view & id>

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* Please support the League Against Cruel Sports “Bullfighting

Free” campaign – please visit www.BullfightingFree.org

<http://www.bullfightingfree.org/ <http://www.bullfightingfree.org/>>

and learn more about what you can do to

help end bullfights by simply using your influence as a tourist

 

Other campaigns:

 

* ANIMAL, with the support from CIWF – Compassion In World Farming,

has launched the first campaign in Portugal about farm animal sentiency and

the importance of recognising it – please visit our new educational website:

www.AnimaisExcepcionais.org <http://www.animaisexcepcionais.org/

<http://www.animaisexcepcionais.org/>>

* ANIMAL, with the support of the Portuguese vegetarian restaurant

“Terra”, has launched the first campaign in Portugal about vegetarianism and

its benefits for animals, for human health and for the plant – please visit

our new vegetarian website: www.SejaVegetariano.org

<http://www.sejavegetariano.org/ <http://www.sejavegetariano.org/>>

* ANIMAL, with ADI – Animal Defenders International, continues its

“Stop Circus Suffering” campaign, now trying to get local bans on animal

circuses in the Algarve, urging holiday makers to boycott animal circuses

 

Thank you so much for your attention.

For the animals in Portugal,

 

Miguel Moutinho

Executive Director

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Tm: (00 351) 96 235 81 83

E-mail: miguel.moutinho

<miguel.moutinho%40animal.org.pt>

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