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Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009 | 2 a.m.
Bullfighting returned to Las Vegas this week with the Toros Las Vegas bloodless bullfighting at the South Point Equestrian Center.
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Bullfighting: The most indefensible type of animal abuse. Bullfighting is not a "fight" at all, but a systematic "torture-killing" that pits a gang of armed thugs against a lone, terrified; confused; "fatally" disabled and wounded animal.
So-called "bloodless bullfights" are practiced in the U.S., but the bulls are still "tormented and abused," only to be killed once outside the arena.
Bloodless Bullfighting in our country of America should be, and remain "BANNED"; it is "part" of "A Tradition of Cruelty."
Although the bulls are not (usually) injured and killed, I would like to express my concern about this kind of bullfight. In these events bullfighters perform who also "torture" and kill many bulls during "regular" bullfights: "THE MATADOR [HQ]." - VIDEO - http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?...
They promote the bullfights in America just as they would with "regular" bullfights. The bulls are imported from Mexico, where breeders breed bulls that are normally killed in the many "bloody" bullfights in this country.
Although the bullfights in America are "bloodless", bulls and horses are still subjected to large amounts of "abuse and stress" and the risk of getting "wounded." I also suspect that the bulls are killed after the bullfights: in a Mexican bullring, a slaughterhouse or elsewhere.
The bullfighting industry is losing ground in the bullfighting countries and that is why they are trying to export their bloody business to other countries. Since it is prohibited to torture and kill bulls in the United States, they have invented "bloodless" bullfights, to promote their industry in an "innocent" manner.
However, the same industry does not have a problem with killing defenseless animals. The money they generate from the bullfights in America is used to promote their blood sport. Furthermore, people who visit the bullfights may think that bullfighting is not that cruel, while it is one of the most "cruel forms of animal abuse."
We must not allow the bullfighting industry to continue promoting their bloody business in America. America has many great events to offer to visitors, without "animal abuse."
We must call for a "Ban" on all future bullfighting events planned in America and let the bullfighting industry know that America is not interested in bullfighting.
The bullfights that have already been organized in Las Vegas were a big failure: only a few people attended the events and the bullfighting industry lost money.
This is reason enough to "Ban" all bullfights in the USA: people want this "abuse" to "stop."
Michel Michaeljohn; California; United States.