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Bullfighting is the most indefensible type of animal abuse. Our footage shows
in horrifying detail what happens at these events. Dare yourself to look at the
following videos and slide shows. You will not be able to deny the cruelty and
pointlessness of what you see here.
Bullfighting is not a fight at all. It's a systematic torture killing that pits a gang of armed thugs against a lone, frightened, and wounded animal.
In 1567 Pope Pius V issued a papal bull condemning bullfighting and other forms of animal fighting for entertainment as "cruel and base spectacles of the devil" whose promoters are subject to excommunication. Pope Pius IX reiterated the 1567 bull in 1846, and Pope Pius XII cited it in 1940 in refusing to meet with a delegation of bullfighters. The 1567 papal bull eventually brought prohibitions against bullfighting throughout Italy, plus a 1928 ban on bullfighting to the death in Portugal, amended in 2000.
Bulls are not the only creatures to suffer in bullrings. The tormented bull does not understand that it is the man on the horse's back that is causing his pain, only that he is in agony. He therefore sees the horse as his enemy as much as the man.
It's not unusual for horses used in bullfights to be so badly gored by the bulls that they have to be killed, but only after they have been dragged from the ring and the view of the spectators.
Pope Benedict XVI: How Can You Tolerate this Abomination to God's
Magnificent Creatures?
Bullfighting is not a fight at all. It's a systematic torture killing that pits a gang of armed thugs against a lone, frightened, and wounded animal.
In 1567 Pope Pius V issued a papal bull condemning bullfighting and other forms of animal fighting for entertainment as "cruel and base spectacles of the devil" whose promoters are subject to excommunication. Pope Pius IX reiterated the 1567 bull in 1846, and Pope Pius XII cited it in 1940 in refusing to meet with a delegation of bullfighters. The 1567 papal bull eventually brought prohibitions against bullfighting throughout Italy, plus a 1928 ban on bullfighting to the death in Portugal, amended in 2000.
Bulls are not the only creatures to suffer in bullrings. The tormented bull does not understand that it is the man on the horse's back that is causing his pain, only that he is in agony. He therefore sees the horse as his enemy as much as the man.
"Cruelty to animals is as if man did not love God...there is something so
dreadful, so satanic, in tormenting those who have never harmed us, and who
cannot defend themselves, who are utterly in our power."
-Cardinal John Henry Newman
-Cardinal John Henry Newman
It's not unusual for horses used in bullfights to be so badly gored by the bulls that they have to be killed, but only after they have been dragged from the ring and the view of the spectators.
This is the fate of these beautiful animals. To be used to entertain a crowd
that lusts for blood and claims that bullfighting is a tradition and "cultural
heritage".
What about the "brave" matadors, picadors and their ilk? Bullfighters are
rarely injured and seldom killed in the ring. With their armory of weapons to
weaken the bull until it can no longer fight, their lives are not at great risk.
In fact, in the last 50 years only 10 bullfighters have been killed
worldwide.
Should you ever find yourself in a country where bullfighting is practiced,
please do not be tempted to attend one of these sadistic displays. The
continuation of bullfighting depends on government subsidies and the tourist
industry. Don't be an accomplice to this savagery by supporting it with your
dollars.
SHARK's documentary videos expose the shame of bullfighting and the cowardice of all those involved.
Bullfighting can be stopped. But only with YOUR support! Click here to find out how!
Click on the films below to watch shorter, specific segments from a bullfight.
| A cowardly picador slams a spear into a bull from relative safety on top of a horse. The bull attacks the horse, believing it be the source of his torment. The horse is used as a living shield by a thug who doesn't know the meaning of integrity, bravery, or a fair fight. | |
| A bull in obvious physical distress can do nothing but stand and bleed, with several decorative tags still hanging from his mutilated body. During it all, sickeningly festive band music plays for the crowds. | |
| Crowds cheer as a mutilated bull named Bright Eyes falls to the ground once he's too weak to stand. Several matadors stand around waving their capes trying to look useful while the bull collapses. | |
| A matador approaches the fallen bull Bright Eyes from behind and knifes the animal in the back of the neck. The bull falls over with eyes bulging in shock and terror. The matador continues to cut the still conscious animal, while children run over to see the gore and blood close up. | |
| After being tortured beyond imagination, the fallen bull Bright Eyes has to endure one more atrocity as his ear is cut off for a trophy. Blood runs down the skull and pools under the animal's head. Bright Eyes is somehow still alive and conscious, feeling every cut and jab. The crowd continues to cheer and whistle, fully aware of what has just happened. | |
| A matador drives a sword between the shoulders of a bull. As usual, the sword does not kill the victim, and the thugs run around the bull to make him move, so the sword will cut up his insides. | |
| Stabbed in the lungs, and spewing blood from his nose and mouth, a bull is run in circles by the killer thugs. This causes the sword to cut up the victim's insides. | |
| Bulls are rarely killed by the thrust of the sword, and this victim was no exception. As he lowers in agony and complete submission, a coward approaches him from behind. Even now the "bullfighter" has no courage! | |
| Still conscious, but paralyzed from being stabbed in the back of the neck to mutilate his spinal cord, the bull is dragged from the bullring by ropes tied around his back legs. He was butchered alive. |
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