In Spain, It’s The Crying of the Bulls
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It takes place once a year in Spain, and it’s one of the most sadistic traditions on earth. It’s not the running of the bulls, where thrill seekers chase terrified bulls down the street. And it’s not a bullfight, where matadors torment bulls before stabbing them to death in front of a cheering crowd. This event, which takes place in the town of Medinaceli during the second week of November, is called Toro Del Fuego — Bull of Fire.
During the Toro Del Fuego, also known as Toro Jubilo (jubilant bull), participants drag a bull through the streets, insert balls of turpentine and sulfur into his horns and set the balls on fire. The frantic bull is released in the town square where he smashes his horns against the walls in an attempt to douse the bonfire on his head. Bulls who don’t die during during ritual are slaughtered for meat when it’s over.
The “festival” dates back 400 years, but it was banned for 15 years in the 60’s and 70s’ on the grounds of animal cruelty. Participants defend the festival, saying that the animals don’t suffer.
Your Turn
Listening to the bulls wail in agony is every bit as difficult as watching their desperate attempts to douse the fire that engulfs them. Please sign on to the letter to the Pope asking him to speak out and to the petition to the officials in the region of Spain where the festival is held.
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STOP À LA BARBARIES ! CELA DEVRAIT ÊTRE INTERDIT ! C’est honteux et scandaleux que celà puisse exister
THIS IS BARBARIC IT IS DISGUSTING. THIS HAS TO STOP
I’d like to turn a flame thrower on that bunch of SCUM!
I wouldnt and just couldn’t have the heart to do such rotten and mean acts to these animals
In the name of god or allah or budha or whoever else the masses pray to
This is so sick!! We need to help these poor animals at once. So inhumane. 🙁
Sic Fux
Put yourself in their position. Imagine it’s you instead of them! This is barbaric and absolutely SICK! Stop it now!!
Those sadistic including ritual animal sacrifices must be banned. Let animals live in their freedom.
How can this be allowed to happen. Do they stop to think for one omens how they would feel to hear their child screaming in agony. They are sick, moronic, mentally retarded and so is their government for allowing it to happen. And we are worried about IS! I hope they all get Ebola and die!
Absolute scum…..I wish this animal peace now…Ebola couldn’t come faster for us
This is nothing but torture! And speaks vvolumes if this is there entertainment!
May God have mercy on their souls is all I can say. Scary, sick, and almost unbelievable.
What is the matter with those people who perpetrate such sadistic cruelty? Wake up, and stop this horror!
This needs to stop. It is horribly barbaric.
…..not that I condone this activity but I am going to assume that not one of you has ever attended a rodeo on western soil?
There are bad things happening all over, that’s why we have to speak out against them. Yes, rodeos are bad, but two wrongs don’t make a right. There something especially hideous about lighting an animal on fire in a way that will make him slowly burn alive for a few hours. You shouldn’t be saying that because there are bad things here that therefore we shouldn’t be talking about this. We should, and constantly until this stops.
These people are vile and disgusting, I truly wish God would smite them down. Poor animals my heart cries for them. What a disgusting country
When I went to spain years ago, people kept asking if we were going to their Bull Fight. I just wanted to get back on the plane. Let’s try to convince them to step out of the middle ages and act like they have a brain. One way to do it is not to go to spain and not to buy their products, and of course let the government know you have decided to do that.
Please sign both petitions here. One is to town officials, one is to Pope Francis asking him to condemn the festival. Everything possible should be done to get this to stop. Also calling the Spanish embassy doesn’t hurt. If they know that a lot of people are finding out about this and complaining, they may feel compelled to step in and impose a ban.
Stop killing pets…..!!!
Stop acting like barbaric savages and stop this ridiculous practice.
so cruel how can they let children be part of this
Pls there r NO AND I MEAN NO traditions that should continue in this day and age that involves the torturing or abusr of any animal of any living breathing creature. Ignorance is one thing but outright abuse and stupidity is just not supported in this day and age. How can u justify guns and always remember tradition and rules and regulations were not written in stone and we need to reevaluate what is happening in our current society or in our current lives Not doing anything and allowing this barbaric practice to continue is a sin and that is a “crime” against humanity a living creatures. They deserve to b respected just like everyone else. Pls open ur eyes and reevaluate in the name if God and all that is good
Sick barbarions.
This is sick
STOP THIS HORRIFIC PRACTICE PLEASE !!!
I do not know why to do this cruel. You should know the brutality of yourself.
This is the most disgusting thing I’ve seen today and its not even 11 in the god damn morning. This bull torture must stop. Its cruel, unusual, psychopathic, and it outrages an enormous amount of people. This needs to be banned for good. No creature should have to go through that, maybe the people who do that to the bulls should be set on fire! Great idea!
Why is this going one can’t someone stop it.
Please for the sake of the bull. Light, something else on fire that is not living.
Please sign the petition and stop this horror:
http://forcechange.com/33843/stop-setting-live-bulls-on-fire-in-spain/
shockingly cruel! must be stopped!