Kinship Circle: ACT NOW/ Bulls-On-Fire, Fiesta In Spain
November 13th, 2008 5:51 pm by Kelly Garbato———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Kinship Circle – kinshipcircle [at] accessus.net
Date: Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 4:07 PM
Subject: ACT NOW/ Bulls-On-Fire, Fiesta In Spain
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11/12/08: Stop Bulls-On-Fire Fiesta In Spain
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11/15/08 weekend: A sadistic festival, Toro Jubilo, occurs in Soria, Spain.
Send letters now AND after Nov. 15, since this blood fiesta occurs annually.
LT IMAGE: getactive.peta.org/campaign/toro_de_fuego?rk=W7_l-X5qACggW
RT IMAGE: www.banbloodsports.com/ln-0611a.htm
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FULL CONTACT INFORMATION. Email Block + Sample Letter Follow
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City Hall of Medinaceli
Excmo. Ayuntamiento de Medinaceli.
Plaza del Ayuntamiento, n 1.C.P: 42240
Medinaceli (Soria)
fax: + 34 975326053; email: info [at] medinaceli.es
Diputacion Provincial de Soria
C/ Caballeros, 17 Soria
42002 Soria – ESPANA
ph: 975 10 10 00; email: buzon [at] dipsoria.es
President of the Diputacion Provincial de Soria
C/ Caballeros, 17 Soria
SORIA 42071
ph: +34 975 211089; fax: +34 975 101091
email: presidencia [at] dipsoria.es
Presidente de la Junta de Castilla y Leon
Plaza de Castilla y Leon, 1
Spain
fax: + 34 983411269; email: presidente.responde [at] jcyl.es
Turism of Soria: turismo [at] dipsoria.com
Turism of Castilla y Leon: sotur [at] jcyl.es
Prime Minister of Spain
Presidente del Gobierno, D. Rodriguez Zapatero
Complejo de La Moncloa
28071 Madrid, Spain
email: jlrzapatero [at] presidencia.gob.es
Ministry of the Interior (the entity that governs bullfights in Spain)
Ministerio del Interior
Po de la Castellana, 5
28071 Madrid, Spain
fax: + 34 915371177; email: estafeta [at] mir.es
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TO: info [at] medinaceli.es, buzon [at] dipsoria.es, presidencia [at] dipsoria.es, presidente.responde [at] jcyl.es, turismo [at] dipsoria.com, sotur [at] jcyl.es, jlrzapatero [at] presidencia.gob.es, estafeta [at] mir.es
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PLEASE NOTE: The sample letter found at PETA UK’s campaign for the Toro Jubilo is Kinship Circle’s letter, “borrowed” from our website without acknowledgement. Kinship Circle’s 2007 alert (that PETA used) is here: www.kinshipcircle.org/letter_library/letter.asp?LetterID=1596&seriesfirst=true
Honorable Officials of Spain:
Animal cruelty is not acceptable as entertainment or tradition in the 21st Century. Yet the Toro Jubilo annually occurs in Medinaceli, a province of Soria, Spain. Jeering mobs harass a bull with balls of burning tar or turpentine (called “pitch”) attached to his horns. A bull’s horns, body and eyes are scorched. Some try to escape hours of agony by smashing into walls.
Archaic spectacles tarnish Spain’s reputation and hinder tourism. I cannot support any society that ignores the senseless brutalization of animals. I will advise others to join me in a boycott of Spanish tourism and commerce until the Toro Jubilo and other blood fiestas are permanently banned.
I urge Spanish officials to enforce stronger animal cruelty laws that shield animals from all forms of abuse, including vulgar rituals and blood fiestas.
While different cultures may not understand each other’s customs, all rational humans comprehend cruelty. Setting fire to a live animal — known as Toro de Fuego or “bull on fire” — is sadistic.
It is time for all regions of Spain to subscribe to the ethical doctrines that shape our civilized world. Heritage, entertainment, art and religion never justify outright torture.
Thank you,
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SOURCE OF INFORMATION / REFERENCE LINKS
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Biscay Group Against Bullfights and Animal Abuse
Help Stop the Sadistic ‘Fire Bull’ Festival in Soria
getactive.peta.org/campaign/toro_de_fuego?rk=W7_l-X5qACggW
**We’re flattered PETA “borrowed” Kinship Circle’s sample letter (at link above). But we were not credited. As an organization struggling to exist, we feel a group funded in the millions should acknowledge our work/research on its website. Kinship Circle’s original 2007 campaign is here: www.kinshipcircle.org/letter_library/letter.asp?LetterID=1596&seriesfirst=true
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