Petition updateMs. Audrey Azoulay Director-General of UNESCO STOP BULLFIGHTING @UNESCO_es @AAzoulay
What do you think?

Ivonne Juárez de LozadaMexico

Sep 6, 2017
For many years there has been a strong debate on whether or not it is necessary to abolish this activity, which for some is a tradition, is culture, is a holiday. Beyond the passion of both bullfighters and anti-bullfighters (I consider myself within this group), what are the most objective reasons to be against the party?
1.- It can not be art ...
... Culture or reason for celebration the fact that a bull dies riddled in the middle of a show, where the attendees applaud the murder of an animal. It is understood that the bulls see it as an almost poetic act, in which the bull, they say, is a great animal because he fights for his life and dies with honor. Beyond what they want to believe, why should an animal fight for its life and defend its honor at the expense of the entertainment of the human being?
2.- Because it is simply not equitable that "fight"
The bullfighter has an advantage. Although, according to the people of this industry, the bull is treated as "king" from birth to the day that appears in a square, the reality is that before throwing them into the arena they are weakened (with the use of a drug called phenylbutazone, shaving their horns, etc.). In addition, being in the middle of a bullfight, the bullfighter has to win: counts on flags and stocks - very sharp - to hurt and weaken.
3.- The purpose of attending a bullfight is to see how a bullfighter "wins" a bull ...
That's what the crowd applauds. When the bullfighter receives a goring from the bull and his life is put in danger, the public is scared and afraid of the "great beast killer." It is the only moment when there are looks of horror; but people become numb when they see the animal bleed and even hear how it cries and mourns.
4.- This is not a fight between humans, bullfighting and anti-bullfighting, to see who is right
Taurinos may have many arguments, such that you can not ban something that is a "tradition." But if we rely on it to respect traditions, do not miss the beautiful habit of female ablation practiced in some countries or any "cultural" representation in which human rights are violated.
5.- We live in the XXI century: there are several options to spend the afternoon and entertain
It is understood that when bullfighting arose (by the Middle Ages), this was their form of entertainment, as was once the Roman circus; but today we can go to the movies, to a concert, to a bar, to watch sports or to do any activity that does not involve seeing how they kill an animal. We no longer live in the Middle Ages.
6.- The arrogance of the human being is reflected in the races ...
The bullfighter can choose whether to spare the bull's life: if the animal was "sufficiently" brave. Why should an animal beg a person to let it live? If the bulls could talk, we would know what they think of bullfighting; but perhaps it is enough to hear their wailing or see scenes in which they try to flee in terror (as in the case of "Pajarito"), to know that they do not want to participate in that "party".
7.- Anti-vegetarian anti-bulls?
Taurinos believe that if you eat meat you have no right to protest against bullfights (and make it clear that the author of this text is vegetarian). Instead of trying to attack those who do their bit to improve this world, we must applaud that, regardless of whether they are vegetarians or not, more and more people are against this massacre.
8.- Economy in conflict
It is believed that the prohibition of bullfighting would bring economic problems because of the amount of income it generates. Taureans claim thousands of jobs would be lost. Before this I can only say: what kind of country depends economically on an activity in which the death of a being is celebrated? Without a doubt, I think that Mexico can do without the wild party.
Finally, this text was not written with the aim of disturbing the bulls, but only to show that there is no valid argument to defend the spectacle of suffering and death of a sentient being, and less if it is an animal as noble as the bull . What is a fact is that the end of bullfighting is getting closer.
Just to finish, check this video of the bull Fadjen, which shows us the other side of the "wild beast."
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