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Aug 15, 2008

The controversy surrounding the horror spectacle of bullfighting has been re-ignited by a recent report by veterinary scientists at Complutense University in Madrid.   Using a sample study of 500 bulls, the scientists have come to the conclusion that the animals feel no pain during the fight -  which always ends with the bull's death.

They say that their research show that the specially bred fighting bulls have special hormonal mechanisms that allow them to free themselves from pain.   This is all good stuff for the bullfighting lobby who want to keep this ghastly tradition going.   Fortunately there are campaigners in Spain who are committed to making bullfighting a thing of the past.   One of the spokespersons from Spanish animal protection group ADDA (Association Defending Animal Rights)  has stated that they are committed to ending this controversial spectacle.

That day can't come too soon for us.   We speak with first hand knowledge of bullfighting, having steeled oursleves to visit one of these horror torture shows.  It defies belief that any civilised human being can enjoy watching an animal being brutally tortured to death in such a way.   The bull's neck has sharp spikes poked into it by men on horses before the bullfight begins.  This is, in any event,  no contest.   The bull is weakened by pain and loss of blood, in fear for its life, the torture must seem interminable while the savage crowd roar for more.  Only when it is so weak that it can't go on, is it killed with a sword blow.   Once seen, this terrible cruelty is impossible to forget.   To say that that the bulls feel no pain or stress is simply not true.  

We will add our voice to the existing campaigns to ban bullfighting.

From: http://www.petsamaritans.co.uk/pet-news/pets/bad-news-%11-about-bullfighting-2007021835.html

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Posted: Friday August 15, 2008, 6:13 am
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Nastja Dvorsek (77)
Friday August 15, 2008, 6:18 am
I don't know when this was published, i didn't find the date, but I would say that this so called research is bullsi...
It probably lacks one of the most important criteria for research-> Objectivity that is!!!!!

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