Oliveira do Bairro will host the 1st Horse Fair between 5th and 13th of July. In the provisional program it is scheduled a bullfight and a garraiada (bullfight with bulls less than three years old) with the trainees of the bullfighting school of Azambuja.

Handlers weaken the bull for days before the bullfight.They put laxatives in his food and heavy sandbags on his back.They file his horns down to the tender quick, and they drug him. In the ring, they drive lances into his back and neck muscles, so he can%u2019t lift his head. By the time the matador appears, the bull is weak from blood loss and dizzy from being chased in circles.

It%u2019s no fun to see an innocent, crazed animal tortured before a screaming crowd of people, who should be hanging their heads in shame. OIPA urges everyone to stay away from bullfights.

Please send protest letters to the Mayor of the City Hall of Oliveira do Bairro asking him not to allow this bullfight and garraida and substitute theses barbarities by other events.

Please help these poor animals %u2013 avoid bullfights and speak out against them.