- Signatures: 3,491
- Goal: 1,050
- Deadline: 6-30-2005
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Farra-do-Boi: A brazilian savage, bloody, brutal
"sport" by the mobs who torture oxen non-stop and finally murder them. For no reason other than "having fun".
| Number | Date | Name | State | Country | Why I am signing this petition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,496 | 4:18 pm PDT, Aug 23 | Hilary Hatch | Colorado | United States | This is the saddest, most disgusting thing I have ever heard of. It must be stopped! |
| 3,495 | 2:41 am PDT, Aug 21 | Annelies Ooms | Belgium | ||
| 3,494 | 4:59 am PDT, Aug 20 | Anne Dillon | United Kingdom | ||
| 3,493 | 4:15 pm PDT, Aug 16 | Angela Rhodes | Greece | ||
| 3,492 | 10:57 pm PDT, Aug 14 | Robert Redmon | Ohio | United States | |
| 3,491 | 4:43 pm PDT, Aug 14 | Stephanie Colson | Oklahoma | United States | |
| 3,490 | 1:44 pm PDT, Aug 14 | Maria Grazia | Peru | ||
| 3,489 | 3:43 pm PDT, Aug 13 | Nastja Dvorsek | Slovenia | ||
| 3,488 | 12:12 am PDT, Jul 29 | Barbara Tatti | Italy | ||
| 3,487 | 3:27 pm PDT, Jul 26 | Chum Richardson | Canada | ||
| 3,486 | 11:35 am PDT, Jul 17 | BiLL Fowlie | Maine | United States | |
| 3,485 | 4:59 am PDT, Jul 17 | ALPHA WI | Germany | Because nothing, absolutely nothing, justifies to treat bad the animals! Brazilians need urgently a lot of education and to practice the God´s Laws. Respect and love Gods creatures. | |
| 3,484 | 2:09 pm PDT, Jul 15 | roxie schliesman | Wisconsin | United States | |
| 3,483 | 4:45 pm PDT, Jul 1 | Burcin Sertkaya | Turkey | ||
| 3,482 | 9:01 pm PDT, Jun 30 | Susan Halloran | Virginia | United States | |
| 3,481 | 4:40 pm PDT, Jun 30 | Fabiane Neubert | Brazil | ||
| 3,480 | 1:16 pm PDT, Jun 30 | Rosa Cruz | Portugal | ||
| 3,479 | 7:35 am PDT, Jun 30 | Chris Kuhar | Virginia | United States | |
| 3,478 | 5:45 am PDT, Jun 30 | Anna Hickl | Germany | ||
| 3,477 | 7:38 am PDT, Jun 29 | Kathy G | United Kingdom | ||
| 3,476 | 7:30 pm PDT, Jun 28 | NARESH KADYAN OIPA INDIA | India | ||
| 3,475 | 9:41 pm PDT, Jun 27 | Bella Fitzpatrick | New York | United States | |
| 3,474 | 8:37 pm PDT, Jun 27 | charles mclachlan | United Kingdom | ||
| 3,473 | 12:10 pm PDT, Apr 20 | Jan Johnson | Florida | United States | |
| 3,472 | 11:32 am PDT, Apr 20 | Jazzmin Peterson | Nevada | United States | |
| 3,471 | 11:03 am PDT, Apr 20 | Adrian Lewis | South Africa | ||
| 3,470 | 6:39 am PDT, Apr 17 | Patricia Horta | Brazil | This is just one more example of how man uses and hurts innocent animals for his own sadistic pleasure. Humans can sometimes be so cruel. | |
| 3,469 | 5:06 am PDT, Apr 14 | alessandro barracciu | Italy | ||
| 3,468 | 4:55 am PDT, Apr 14 | Laura Tatti | Italy | ||
| 3,467 | 6:30 pm PDT, Apr 8 | Joan Levitt | Rhode Island | United States | |
| 3,466 | 9:10 am PDT, Apr 4 | Beatrice Barbu | Romania | I'll never understand why when people are celebrating they have to induce pain and suffer to an innocent animal. It's sadistic and idiotic, it's illogical as the most things done by humans are. People are enjoying to hurt, to harm and to kill - this is no evolution. We prove ourselves to be stupid and mean. | |
| 3,465 | 9:09 am PDT, Apr 4 | Anonymous | Italy | ||
| 3,464 | 4:15 pm PDT, Apr 2 | Gabriele Dessė | Italy | ||
| 3,463 | 2:46 am PDT, Apr 2 | Anonymous | United Kingdom | They've already outlawed this why aren't they enforcing? Is this how Brazil enforces its laws? Do they enforce the laws protecting the rain-forest in the same way? Brazil is being made to look very corrupt and backward, perhaps they should address their own laws being broken... | |
| 3,462 | 2:58 pm PDT, Apr 1 | R Westnidge | United Kingdom | UNBELIEVABLE THIS HAPPENS IN 2008! HOW CAN BRAZIL LET THIS HAPPEN IT IS A MODERN COUNTRY! STOP THIS PATHETIC TORTURE NOW!! GROWN MEN DOING THIS - THIS IS SO UTTERLY PATHETIC, SO TRAGICALLY BACKWARD, SO MINDLESSLY STUPID IT REALLY IS HARD TO BELIVE AND IT HAS TO STOP NOW. | |
| 3,461 | 10:01 am PDT, Mar 25 | Susan Wagner | Massachusetts | United States | |
| 3,460 | 5:58 pm PDT, Mar 24 | alessandro diciolla | Italy | ||
| 3,459 | 4:11 pm PDT, Mar 24 | Jaime Cammarata, RD | Pennsylvania | United States | |
| 3,458 | 8:30 pm PDT, Mar 22 | Cher Isbell | Texas | United States | |
| 3,457 | 4:05 am PDT, Mar 22 | Pam Fioretti | Australia | Torturing animals is not "fun" - except to very twisted,perverted people. | |
| 3,456 | 12:43 am PDT, Mar 22 | Veronica Lach | Romania | HOW SAD, PLEASE STOP THESE CRUELTIES, WE ARE 21 CENTURY!!!!!!! | |
| 3,455 | 9:59 pm PDT, Mar 21 | Robin Lyles | Arizona | United States | The situation should be reversed and this cruel practice should be done on the people doing this,such a horrible crime done to this precious animal! |
| 3,454 | 9:32 pm PDT, Mar 21 | Sherri O'Connor | Canada | ||
| 3,453 | 9:23 pm PDT, Mar 21 | Darlene Davis | Michigan | United States | |
| 3,452 | 8:39 pm PDT, Mar 21 | Laura Stringer | Maryland | United States | |
| 3,451 | 7:13 am PDT, Mar 18 | Susan Hall - Amado | Canada | Perhaps we should reverse the situation. Can you imagine what humans would do if the oxen used them as sport by torturing and then finally murdering them. There would be such an uproar. |
A Cessation to the Illegal Brutal Practices of Farra-do-Boi in Brazil
We, the undersigned, respectfully request that Mr. Luiz Henrique da Silveira as the Governor of Santa Catarina and Mr. Joao Henrique Blasi as the State's Secretary of Public Defense, put a stop to the illegal, brutal practices of FARRA-DO-BOI that are still carried out in Santa Catarina's coastal communities, by ensuring effective local police enforcement, especially during the upcoming HOLY WEEK celebration in APRIL 2004.
We, the undersigned, will NOT support Santa Catarina state businesses who sponsor the Farra-do-Boi, will NOT visit the state and will NOT buy their products until the Farra-do-Boi is banned.
We, the undersigned, will NOT support Santa Catarina state businesses who sponsor the Farra-do-Boi, will NOT visit the state and will NOT buy their products until the Farra-do-Boi is banned.
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