FROM March to October, more than 30,000 bulls in Spain are mercilessly killed. The number of horses used in this barbaric bloodsport is unrecorded. What enjoyment can a mob of people derive from the heartless cruelty of a bull-fight? Members of the audience are excited by the sight of a suffering bull, already weakened before by having its eyes sprayed with an irritant.
The colourful banderillos sever the animal's shoulder muscles, so it cannot hold its head up and is losing great quantities of blood.
By the time the matador makes his glorious entrance the bull is disabled and disorientated and would die anyway if left alone.
The bull is superior in every natural way and they would not stand a chance of survival without ritualised cheating. All manner of justifications from bullfighters are concocted to avoid conclusions. There are always excuses for sadism. Why must it be less wicked to torture a sentient creature to death if that sentient being is not human? There's no way to morally justify bullfighting.
SHEILA BRENNAN (Mrs), Bombay Street, Blackburn.
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