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Help Ban Bullfighting

Target: President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
Sponsored by: Care2.com

Every year 250,000 bulls die slow and torturous deaths as a result of the bullfighting industry. While many of us imagine the matador piercing the heart of the bull with one quick movement, in reality the bull is repeatedly stabbed, skewered and slowly weakened as it bleeds to death.

The gruesome killing of hundreds of thousands of bulls is done in the name of entertainment and has no place in our modern society. It is time to update this outmoded tradition and start treating animals more humanely.

Spain's annual bullfighting season got underway just this week. Sign the petition and show your support in abolishing the cruel and barbaric sport of bullfighting.

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goal: 50,000

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Dear President Zapatero,

I am writing today to strongly urge you to support the ban on bullfighting. As you are well aware, there is a growing condemnation of bullfighting not only in Spain, but around the world. Bullfighting is both cruel and inhumane and I am one of the millions of people throughout the world that is calling for its abolition.

Bullfighting is an outmoded and barbaric form of "entertainment" that has no place in our modern society and needs to be stopped. Moreover, the vast majority of Spaniards and the rest of the world condemn bullfighting and the mass killing of animals.

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The current animal protection laws ban the killing and mistreating of animals in shows except in the case of bullfights. This antiquated law needs to be updated and revised so that we can effectively end the killing of hundreds of thousands of animals in the name of entertainment.

Bullfighting is a merciless and torturous form of entertainment and I strongly urge you to take a stance in ending animal cruelty by supporting the ban on bullfighting today.

Thank you for taking the time to consider my comments. I eagerly await your response.

Sincerely,
[Your name here]

We signed the “Help Ban Bullfighting” petition!

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10:01 am PST, Nov 7, Name not displayed, Peru
read it carefully!!!

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2:45 am PST, Nov 7, Alexandra MAUVE, France

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10:50 pm PST, Nov 6, Fiorella Milla, Switzerland

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5:17 pm PST, Nov 6, Name not displayed, Hawaii
This is pretty pathetic that people would use a tradition as an excuse to harm innocent animals, expecially in the cruel manner like this. Atleast hunting is to use the meat from the animal as food, and is done in a manner of not wanting to cause suffering to the animal. They feel pain just as much as we do, and I believe if animals were able to speak, you and others would be able to see that and maybe have some remorse.

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3:20 pm PST, Nov 6, Krystina Butler, Florida

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2:57 pm PST, Nov 6, Laura Hillcoat, Rhode Island

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12:13 pm PST, Nov 6, Name not displayed, Spain

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7:15 am PST, Nov 6, Laura López Hernández, Spain
Animal Liberation,Human Liberation. STOP TORTURE!!!

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1:57 pm PST, Nov 5, Kristina Nonn, Germany

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7:45 am PST, Nov 5, Ilaria Giaimi, Italy

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7:21 am PST, Nov 5, Suey Sivula, Sweden

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3:57 am PST, Nov 4, Rodolfo Espinosa, Spain
NI ARTE NI CULTURA

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3:03 am PST, Nov 4, Gomez Gonzalez rebeca, Spain
no mas sufrimiento inecesario fuera esa tortura NO TOROS

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3:03 am PST, Nov 3, Almudena Suarez Suarez, Spain

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6:46 pm PST, Nov 2, Kareena Phillips, Canada

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6:54 am PST, Nov 2, Jorge Medina Castillo, Spain
El toreo es una vergüenza, debería ser prohibido. Y lo escribo en español, por si diera la casualidad de que usted lo lee, ya que es tan incompetente que aún siendo el presidente de nuestro país, no sabe hablar inglés. Yo se hablarlo y tengo 15 años. ¿Cuántos tiene usted?

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10:35 pm PST, Nov 1, Kenny fabian Uzcategui gil, Venezuela
eso es una cruelda y debe prohibirse tomen conciencia

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12:55 pm PST, Nov 1, Ольга Макарова, Russian Federation

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7:28 am PST, Nov 1, Herbert Bambl, Germany
those countrie`s that indulge in these bullfights only demonstrate their weakness and incapability

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5:57 am PST, Nov 1, Name not displayed, Norway

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8:32 pm PDT, Oct 31, Cristina Campos, Spain

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12:37 pm PDT, Oct 31, Name not displayed, Russian Federation

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9:26 am PDT, Oct 31, Carole Capiot, France

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5:08 pm PDT, Oct 30, Enrique Palomo, Spain
acabemos con esto

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2:41 pm PDT, Oct 30, Candice Barnett, California

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12:09 pm PDT, Oct 30, Michael DiMarcantonio, Pennsylvania
and this is a BULL!! This is not a sport! Create lif, do something useful, think before you destroy!!!

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11:46 am PDT, Oct 30, Danielle Heidenreich, Pennsylvania

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11:17 am PDT, Oct 30, Michele Fedrizzi, France

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11:00 am PDT, Oct 30, Fuensanta Minguez, Spain

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6:28 am PDT, Oct 30, Pierre Chantelauze, France
please stop this heartless horror

# 41,341:

11:34 pm PDT, Oct 29, Name not displayed, Spain
Las corridas de toros y todas las salvajadas que son legales en este país están RESPALDADAS POR LA ARISTOCRACIA, por gentuza como la Duquesa de Alba que es la persona que tiene más terrenos en toda España, muchos de los cuales los dedica a la cría de toros que son torturados y luego masacrados en las plazas. La IGLESIA CATOLICA también respalda toda esta basura y por supuesto EL REY .Todos ellos se lucran con la tortura de animales y se tapan los unos a los otros y ésta es la única razón detrás de esto que llaman ARTE.------------ El toro de Medinaceli es otra salvajada más, pero a todos los peces gordos de la aristocracia, el que estas fiestas existan(toro de la Vega, toro de Medinaceli etc etc) les viene muy bien para que las corridas de toros sigan existiendo, y luego siempre hay el típico intelectualoide pedante y vendido como Sanchez Dragó que dirá que el toro es el totem en España. Y que cada cultura tiene su totem como si estuviéramos en la época de las cavernas . TODO ESTE NEGOCIO ES SUCIO Y CORRUPTO Y LAS AUTORIDADES SON IGUALMENTE CORRUPTAS Y CÓMPLICES PORQUE LES IMPORTA UNA MIERDA QUE SERES VIVOS SEAN TORTURADOS MIENTRAS ELLOS SE SIGAN LUCRANDO

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11:22 pm PDT, Oct 29, Giota Vicky, Greece

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8:54 pm PDT, Oct 29, Rizwan Ali, Pakistan

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7:24 pm PDT, Oct 29, Katerina Vouzani, Greece

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2:06 pm PDT, Oct 29, Kerry Woodham, United Kingdom

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12:22 pm PDT, Oct 29, Liliana Pulvirenti, Maryland

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10:46 am PDT, Oct 29, Emily Boyd, New Jersey
Thank you sir, for all you do!!! I hope you consider this.

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9:43 pm PDT, Oct 28, Tanner Davis, Nevada

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3:06 pm PDT, Oct 28, Luca Morandi, Italy

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8:00 am PDT, Oct 28, Lara L., Maine

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11:21 pm PDT, Oct 27, Ignacio Ramirez, Mexico
solo creo que los animales merecen respeto como los humanos

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4:48 pm PDT, Oct 27, Alejandro Raffo, Argentina
bastaaaaaaaaaaaaa dee mataaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr animaleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees por dios o los bajo a todos de un misilaso

# 41,329:

2:41 pm PDT, Oct 27, Guillem Giménez Casanovas, Spain
TAUROMAQUIA ABOLICIÓN!

# 41,328:

2:36 pm PDT, Oct 27, Name not displayed, United Kingdom
this is sick and must stop now!!!!!!!!!!

# 41,327:

12:52 pm PDT, Oct 27, Heather Devenyi, Canada
“Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow-creatures is amusing in itself.”-James Anthony Froude

# 41,326:

11:50 am PDT, Oct 27, Viktoria Ivanova, Bulgaria
stop to cruel kill bulls

# 41,325:

4:24 pm PDT, Oct 26, ENZA ALESSI, Belgium
please stop this stupid and awful show. It put down the spanish culture and civilisation.

# 41,324:

2:17 pm PDT, Oct 26, ELSIE FLORES, Mexico
porfavor debemos acabar con la crueldad a los animales

# 41,323:

12:56 pm PDT, Oct 26, Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
i hate that bullfighting has been going on for years andi do not like it at all so please for the love of god please stop

# 41,322:

7:25 am PDT, Oct 26, Luiña Bobis Jose Manuel, Spain

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4:29 am PDT, Oct 26, Federico Suarez Quevedo, Spain

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4:10 am PDT, Oct 26, Mishell Garay, Spain

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2:38 am PDT, Oct 26, Marged Richards, United Kingdom

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12:37 am PDT, Oct 26, Laura Marcus, United Kingdom

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11:52 pm PDT, Oct 25, Judi Goodwin, United Kingdom

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11:15 pm PDT, Oct 25, Juan José Juárez Campo, Spain

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9:42 pm PDT, Oct 25, José Antonio Daza Espinosa, Spain

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7:11 am PDT, Oct 25, Megan Lahodny, North Carolina

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2:43 am PDT, Oct 25, Perry Cates, Canada

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2:42 am PDT, Oct 25, Sheri Walmsley, Canada

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1:28 am PDT, Oct 25, Aaron Palomino, Spain
DEMUESTRE SUS VALORES Y PONGA FIN AL SUFRIMIENTO DE MILES DE ANIMALES

# 41,310:

4:15 pm PDT, Oct 24, Jesus Solis, Mexico

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2:36 pm PDT, Oct 24, Jeff Bay, New York

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7:17 am PDT, Oct 24, Steven McKenna, Ireland
Spain is a country I love, however I would strongly recommend E.U sanctions on Spain until this disgraceful 'sport' is stopped.

# 41,307:

6:41 am PDT, Oct 24, Carlos Barberá García, Spain

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5:52 am PDT, Oct 24, Mª Asunción Alvarez Mancho, Spain

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5:38 am PDT, Oct 24, Vicente Aparisi Martinez, Spain

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5:27 am PDT, Oct 24, Cesar Martinez Tejedor, Spain

# 41,303:

5:04 pm PDT, Oct 23, Pilar Cabrera, Spain
LA TORTURA NO ES ARTE NI CULTURA

# 41,302:

3:46 pm PDT, Oct 23, Graciela Patrón Mederos, Spain
España está en la Comunidad Europea. Por lo tanto para demostrar que es avanzada, tiene que quitar tradiciones bárbaras, que solo dan verguenza y dolor, en mostrar una "fiesta" que es sinónimo de tortura y sangre para un inocente animal.

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8:21 am PDT, Oct 23, Rita Santos, Spain

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