Spain is a highly developed country ranked 27th on
the Human Development Index, a secular parliamentary democracy, and a
constitutional monarchy. It is a high-income country and an advanced economy,
with the world’s sixteenth-largest economy by nominal Gross Domestic Product (
GDP) and the sixteenth-largest by Purchasing Power Parity (PPP). PPP is a
popular metric used by macroeconomic analysts that compare different countries’
currencies through a “basket of goods” approach. On the other hand,
GDP refers to the total monetary value of the goods and services produced
within one country, generally in a year. Nominal GDP calculates the monetary
value in current, absolute terms. Anyway, Spain has the twelfth-highest
life expectancy in the world. It ranks particularly high in healthcare quality,
with its healthcare system considered to be one of the most efficient
worldwide. It is a world leader in organ transplants and organ donation. Spain
is a member of the United Nations, the European Union, the Eurozone, the
Council of Europe (CoE), a de facto member of the G20, the Organization of
Ibero-American States (OEI), the Union for the Mediterranean, the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development (OECD), Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
(OSCE), the World Trade Organization (WTO), and many other international
organizations.
In this country with so-called highly developed
people with high per capita income enjoy some cruel sports. From,
the newsletter of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (popularly
known as PETA), I am sharing three cases of cruelty inflicted upon bulls in the
name of sports. And another from a different source, about the
burning of the horns of the bull.
Case 1) “In bullfights,
matadors drive lances and barbed sticks into each bull’s back and spine before
stabbing the tormented animal with a sword or dagger. If the public praises the
matador’s performance enough, he might cut off the dying bull’s ears and/or tail
as a trophy – sometimes while he (bull) is still conscious but paralyzed”.
Case 2) “PETA has shared the cruelest video,
recorded by PACMA, (PACMA means Partido Antitaurino Contra el Maltrato
Animal) which shows a becerrada ( Spanish word that means fighting with the
young bull), in which an apprentice bullfighter attacks a young calf – who
doesn’t even have fully formed horns and hasn’t been weaned from his mother’s
milk”. In the video, it is observed that the young bull who was still in the
stage of drinking his mother’s milk was cruelly tortured to death in the name
of sports. Many people enjoyed it. Also, it may be mentioned that “the
young, terrified animal staggers around – as he is stabbed repeatedly and
bleeds from multiple wounds – before he falls to the ground and his ears are
cut off”.
Case 3) “Another disturbing video showed children
as young as 14 years learning how to stab calves as part of a practical exam at
a bullfighting school in Madrid”. According to the United Nations: “The
participation of children and adolescents in bullfighting activities
constitutes a grave violation of the articles of the Convention on the Rights
of the Child … as they are being indoctrinated for a violent act”.
Case 4) This case has been collected from www.hsi.org/news-media/fire_bull_fiestas/ but initially, PETA shared the video with me. “Every November in the village of Medinaceli in the Castilla y León
region of northern Spain, El Toro Jubilo, or the Jubilation Bull, festival
takes place. “Late in the evening, a bull is roped to a post in the town square
whilst flaming torches are attached to its horns. Unshackled once the torches above its head are
ablaze, the bull dashes about the square trying to avoid roaring bonfires, as
spectators rush in, trying to goad it. The animal tosses its head again and
again, as it turns in one direction and then the next, trying desperately to
escape the fire burning above its head. As the fire burns, drops of the
flammable liquid fall onto the head and body of the animal and loud
firecrackers explode above the square. These events can last for up to 40 minutes”.
I observed many people enjoyed it. In this sport, because of the burning, the
bull cries to the maximum extent, and
its heart-wrenching cries disturbed my sleep for many days because people
sitting in the audience enjoyed its cries.
I am a simple person with no money power or spiritual or political
power even then I request the Government of Spain please close down all sorts
of bullfighting sports. Anyway, PETA UK asked me to sign the form for banning the
bullfight which I signed and they have sent me mail as mentioned here “Dear
Prof Shankar, Thank you for taking action against bullfighting schools. Your
e-mail has been sent to Spain’s Ministry of Education, Culture, and Sport and
will help create pressure to end the government-funded abuse of children and
animals at these horrific institutions”.
Dr. Shankar Chatterjee, Hyderabad
the Human Development Index, a secular parliamentary democracy, and a
constitutional monarchy. It is a high-income country and an advanced economy,
with the world’s sixteenth-largest economy by nominal Gross Domestic Product (
GDP) and the sixteenth-largest by Purchasing Power Parity (PPP). PPP is a
popular metric used by macroeconomic analysts that compare different countries’
currencies through a “basket of goods” approach. On the other hand,
GDP refers to the total monetary value of the goods and services produced
within one country, generally in a year. Nominal GDP calculates the monetary
value in current, absolute terms. Anyway, Spain has the twelfth-highest
life expectancy in the world. It ranks particularly high in healthcare quality,
with its healthcare system considered to be one of the most efficient
worldwide. It is a world leader in organ transplants and organ donation. Spain
is a member of the United Nations, the European Union, the Eurozone, the
Council of Europe (CoE), a de facto member of the G20, the Organization of
Ibero-American States (OEI), the Union for the Mediterranean, the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development (OECD), Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
(OSCE), the World Trade Organization (WTO), and many other international
organizations.
In this country with so-called highly developed
people with high per capita income enjoy some cruel sports. From,
the newsletter of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (popularly
known as PETA), I am sharing three cases of cruelty inflicted upon bulls in the
name of sports. And another from a different source, about the
burning of the horns of the bull.
Case 1) “In bullfights,
matadors drive lances and barbed sticks into each bull’s back and spine before
stabbing the tormented animal with a sword or dagger. If the public praises the
matador’s performance enough, he might cut off the dying bull’s ears and/or tail
as a trophy – sometimes while he (bull) is still conscious but paralyzed”.
Case 2) “PETA has shared the cruelest video,
recorded by PACMA, (PACMA means Partido Antitaurino Contra el Maltrato
Animal) which shows a becerrada ( Spanish word that means fighting with the
young bull), in which an apprentice bullfighter attacks a young calf – who
doesn’t even have fully formed horns and hasn’t been weaned from his mother’s
milk”. In the video, it is observed that the young bull who was still in the
stage of drinking his mother’s milk was cruelly tortured to death in the name
of sports. Many people enjoyed it. Also, it may be mentioned that “the
young, terrified animal staggers around – as he is stabbed repeatedly and
bleeds from multiple wounds – before he falls to the ground and his ears are
cut off”.
Case 3) “Another disturbing video showed children
as young as 14 years learning how to stab calves as part of a practical exam at
a bullfighting school in Madrid”. According to the United Nations: “The
participation of children and adolescents in bullfighting activities
constitutes a grave violation of the articles of the Convention on the Rights
of the Child … as they are being indoctrinated for a violent act”.
Case 4) This case has been collected from www.hsi.org/news-media/fire_bull_fiestas/ but initially, PETA shared the video with me. “Every November in the village of Medinaceli in the Castilla y León
region of northern Spain, El Toro Jubilo, or the Jubilation Bull, festival
takes place. “Late in the evening, a bull is roped to a post in the town square
whilst flaming torches are attached to its horns. Unshackled once the torches above its head are
ablaze, the bull dashes about the square trying to avoid roaring bonfires, as
spectators rush in, trying to goad it. The animal tosses its head again and
again, as it turns in one direction and then the next, trying desperately to
escape the fire burning above its head. As the fire burns, drops of the
flammable liquid fall onto the head and body of the animal and loud
firecrackers explode above the square. These events can last for up to 40 minutes”.
I observed many people enjoyed it. In this sport, because of the burning, the
bull cries to the maximum extent, and
its heart-wrenching cries disturbed my sleep for many days because people
sitting in the audience enjoyed its cries.
I am a simple person with no money power or spiritual or political
power even then I request the Government of Spain please close down all sorts
of bullfighting sports. Anyway, PETA UK asked me to sign the form for banning the
bullfight which I signed and they have sent me mail as mentioned here “Dear
Prof Shankar, Thank you for taking action against bullfighting schools. Your
e-mail has been sent to Spain’s Ministry of Education, Culture, and Sport and
will help create pressure to end the government-funded abuse of children and
animals at these horrific institutions”.
Dr. Shankar Chatterjee, Hyderabad
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