Every September, in the town of Tordesillas in the Castilla y León region of Spain, a bull is chased down by men brandishing long spears on horseback. The bull is pursued, stuck, and then -- finally cornered and cowed by his assailants -- stabbed to death. The horror is unimaginable.
Today, together with our colleagues in Spain, we launched the "Break a Spear" campaign -- named in memory of the animals tormented and killed during the annual spectacle -- to bring awareness and an end to the barbaric killing for good.
We urgently need your support. In a terrible turn for bulls, the Tordesillas Council voted earlier this year for this "fiesta" to be protected as cultural heritage. Animal cruelty is not entertainment. And the torment and killing of an animal for amusement by men wielding spears can never be justified as cultural privilege.
Humans have been using animals for food, pleasure, ritual sacrifice, torture or purely for their sadistic entertainment. Please do the needful to put an end to such cruelty in all its forms, guises AND justifications.