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Please protest hideously cruel Toro de la Vega: Petition, Sample Letter

August 28, 2011
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Please protest annual “traditional” Toro de la Vega by signing Petition and sending Sample Letter using two web forms, thank you.


BACKGROUND | FROM CHANGE

This protest is organised by CAS International, PACMA (Spanish Party for the Animals) and HSI. Once again, CAS International, together with volunteers, travels to Spain for some days in September to protest against this cruel feast. The protest itself will, in all likelyhood, take place on Sunday 11 September. The town of Tordesillas is known to change the date of the feast in order to make the organisation of a protest more difficult.

If you are interested to protest in Tordesillas, you can contact CAS International via info@cas-international.org. For an account of the protest of 2010, see here.

You can also contact PACMA to protest if you live outside the Netherlands or Belgium.



PETITION | CLICK ON LINK

Bull to be Tortured, Stabbed to Death – Stop Toro de la Vega !



WHOM TO CONTACT |CLICK ON 2 WEBFORM LINKS AND SEND SAMPLE LETTER

1. Mayor José González Vidal Adalia Webform

Saludo del Alcalde: Greetings from the mayor, José González Vidal Adalia

Ayuntamiento de Villán de Tordesillas: Municipality of Villa de Tordesillas

Puede ponerse en contacto con nosotros a través del siguiente formulario: You can contact us using the form below. Remember that fields marked with an asterisk (*) are required.

Su nombre: Your name
Su dirección de correo-e: Your email address
Asunto: Subject
Asunto: Your message
Enviar: Send

Se ha enviado su mensaje: Your message has been sent


2. Tourism Office

Oficina de Turismo de Tordesillas Casas del Tratado: Tourist Office of Tordesillas
Formulario de contacto (todos los campos son obligatorios): Contact form, all fields are required
Nombre: Name
E-mail: E-mail
Asunto del mensaje: Message subject
Texto del mensaje: Message text
Enviar: Send

Consulta enviada correctamente: Consulation sent successfully
Debe esperar al menos 5 minutos para enviar otro email: You must wait at least five minutes before sending another email



SAMPLE LETTER

Dear Honorable Adalia, Tourism Officials:

I am shocked to learn of your annual Toro de la Vega event in which a bull is chased, stabbed, mutilated, and, after enduring prolonged agony and certain terror, is killed.  This event is promoted as a cultural tradition, a celebration of your heritage and spirit, but your mitigating words and euphemistic descriptions cannot conceal the inherently barbaric nature of this event.  Any celebration built on a foundation of extreme animal cruelty, exploitation, and suffering cannot be justified; condemning bulls, or any other animals, to a torturous ceremony for mere entertainment is indefensible.  Commemorating your cultural history is admirable, yet subjecting an innocent creature to such a primitive ritual only demonstrates yours as an uncivilized, undereducated society.

Animals, as humans, are sentient creatures, capable of emotion, thought, and pain; when you support the exploitation of them, you only promote indifference and establish that you are unsympathetic to suffering.  Furthermore, the global community will certainly recognize and scoff at your shameless attempts of justification and will refuse to financially contribute to such an archaic demonstration of savagery .  Indeed, until you ceases the Toro de la Vega in favor of a celebration that embraces compassion and respect towards all living beings, I will necessarily maintain the only ethical decision is to promote a boycott of your country and your country’s commerce.

Please choose compassion and empathy and permanently ban the Toro de la Vega and any other rituals that inflict suffering and pain on our animal friends.

I know your time is limited, and I thank you for your attention to this urgent issue.

NAME | COUNTRY



VIDEO FOOTAGE | TORO DE LA VEGA 2010

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SEE MORE:


do you think the cries of the bull
will be ignored
as he is taunted, tormented
and gored
we stand together
…to end this “tradition”
which is nothing else but
a bloodthirsty rendition

Karen Lyons Kalmenson


10 Comments leave one →
  1. LoVegan Loredana Versaci's avatar
    August 28, 2011 3:04 pm

    Petition signed, I’m sending the letter and naturally I’ll share. Thank you Stacey, you are precious xox

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  2. karen lyons kalmenson's avatar
    August 28, 2011 4:19 pm

    do you think the cries of the bull
    will be ignored
    as os he taunted, tormented
    and gored
    we stand together
    to end this “tradition”
    which is nothing else but
    a bloodthirsty rendition

    Like

  3. Sylvie Rochat's avatar
    Sylvie Rochat permalink
    August 28, 2011 6:22 pm

    Signed, letter sent and shared.

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  4. karen lyons kalmenson's avatar
    August 29, 2011 6:18 am

    do you think the cries of the bull
    will be ignored
    as he is taunted, tormented
    and gored
    we stand together
    …to end this “tradition”
    which is nothing else but
    a bloodthirsty rendition KL

    Like

  5. Anne ODonnell's avatar
    August 29, 2011 3:20 pm

    Please stop this cruel sport.

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  6. Karl Deffenbaugh's avatar
    Karl Deffenbaugh permalink
    September 4, 2011 2:16 pm

    This is DISGUSTING. These people are an embarrasment to the human race.

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  7. Larry D. Grazier "Indian Boy"'s avatar
    September 6, 2011 11:36 pm

    STOP HURTING BULLS!!!

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  8. Suzanna van der Voort's avatar
    September 20, 2011 10:32 am

    All actions taken and shared too with billion thanks for all you do! xoxoxo

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