Please help prevent introduction of bullfighting to the United Arab Emirates!

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Help prevent introduction of bullfighting to the United Arab Emirates!

BACKGROUND
Our French/German colleague organization Stop Corrida informed us about an initiative to start organizing bullfights in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), namely in Abu Dhabi. Several French and Spanish media reported about this initiative.

It is said that in June 2010, meetings between bullfighting promotor Simon Casas and Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi took place and that several bullfighters would be interested in the initiative. The first bullfights are planned for November 20-24 2010, according to bullfighting aficionados. There is even talk about building a bullring.

Stop Corrida and CAS International sent emails to the authorities in the United Arab Emirates and the embassies in Germany, The Netherlands and Belgium. The embassy in Germany assured us that they are 90% sure that the UAE are not interested in bullfighting, but of course we want to be 100% sure about this. Since the bullfighting industry in the traditional bullfighting countries (such as Spain and Mexico) is dealing with more and more losses, they are trying to expand their bloody business to other countries.

We want to make sure they do not succeed in organizing bullfights in the United Arab Emirates, as we also prevented bullfights in China, Russia and other countries.

Please send an email to the authorities in the United Arab Emirates HERE

CAS International and the Spanish political party for the animals PACMA produced a video (see below, first video in playlist) about the cruel fiesta Toro de la Vega in Tordesillas, Spain.

The video contains images of our joint demonstration on 12 September 2010 in Tordesillas, but also of the torture and killing of bull Platanito, who was stabbed to death with lances by more than 100 men on horse and on foot on 14 September 2010.

By showing this video, we hope to inform many people about what happens every year in Tordesillas and what we are doing to stop this once and for all. We also hope that the outrage about this horrible ‘festival’ will increase in Spain, so politicians are forced to end this animal suffering.

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RESOURCES FROM CAS

CAS International has gathered as much information on bullfighting and cruel fiestas as possible, to inform people about the cruelties committed against bulls and other animals. Attention! This information can be shocking.

Read more about:

• Bullfighting
• The suffering of horses during bullfights
• Cruel fiestas

If you don’t understand the Spanish expressions, you can look in our glossary.

There are also a lot of myths concerning bullfighting. Please take a look here to see several myths.

In the United States, Brazil, Germany, Australia, Canada and other countries, cattle and horses are severely maltreated during rodeos. The American organization SHARK, the German organization Initiative Anti-Corrida and the British organization FAACE work hard to abolish these atrocities.

Tips for tourists

CAS Leaflet

PORTUGUESE Sample Letter to Use Against Bullfighting Souvenirs

FRENCH Sample Letter to Use Against Bullfighting Souvenirs

SPANISH Sample Letter to Use Against Bullfighting Souvenirs