Spain Bans Duck Fights

[Guest guest]

One of Spain's more bizarre local traditions — throwing live ducks

into the sea to be fought over by crowds of revellers — has been

banned because it causes " unnecessary suffering " to the birds.

 

Each August hundreds of locals enter the water in Sagunto to catch the

specially bred birds as they are thrown off boats during a fiesta to

honour the local patron saint.

 

But the region's Supreme Court has upheld a decision to ban the

activity declaring it a " bloody spectacle " that had no cultural

justification.

 

The event often results in the ducks being torn apart by swimmers

fighting over the birds, which have had their wings clipped and cannot

fly.

[Guest guest]

 

heartwerk <jo.heartwork

 

Mon, 8 Oct 2007 2:43 am

Spain Bans Duck Fights

 

 

 

 

 

One of Spain's more bizarre local traditions — throwing live ducks

into the sea to be fought over by crowds of revellers — has been

banned because it causes "unnecessary suffering" to the birds.

 

Each August hundreds of locals enter the water in Sagunto to catch the

specially bred birds as they are thrown off boats during a fiesta to

honour the local patron saint.

 

But the region's Supreme Court has upheld a decision to ban the

activity declaring it a "bloody spectacle" that had no cultural

justification.

 

The event often results in the ducks being torn apart by swimmers

fighting over the birds, which have had their wings clipped and cannot

fly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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