Sep02
Another Bull Run Tragedy
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In the wake of last week’s news about Spain banning bullfights from national TV comes this story from The Guardian about a man being gored to death while participating in a bull run. 30-year-old Jose Antonio Vaquero was tossed around on a bull’s horns while other runners tried to distract the animal, but apparently it was too little too late.
Sadly, this kind of thing is par for the course when it comes to bull runs and bullfighting, and is another reason for Spain to step into the 21st century and ban the cruel bloodsport once and for all.





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this story shows us again that it is really time to stop this insane thing! people critisizing the animal protectors should at least understand that this ugly 'passtime' is not just a criminal animal torture but it can also cost men's life! but we can tell it again and again and there are always these stupid folks from yesterday insisting in a continuation of bullrunning-bullfighting but nevertheless i think that also spain shall enter in a couple of years into the 21st century! in the meantime we must never sleep and always push to an end!
Posted by: animalfriend | September 2, 2007 01:56 PM
Idiom : Those Who Live By The Sword Die By The Sword.
Posted by: keith | September 2, 2007 04:13 PM
I cannot feel sorry for anyone who taunts, teases, or harms any animal. So this guy had it coming to him.
Posted by: Rex's mom | September 2, 2007 07:29 PM
"MEDICINE IS DEVELOPED BECUASE OF ANIMAL TESTING"
No, time is wasted because of animal testing; time that could have gone to developing medicines. Not to mention the allegedly safe, animal-tested drugs that regularly kill people. Does the name Vioxx ring a bell? Here's a hint: http://www.vioxx.com/rofecoxib/vioxx/consumer/patient_important_information.jsp. For an example of real research, see http://www.austmus.gov.au/eureka/index.cfm?objectid=B8571A64-D8F5-0048-9648CB3A7B962EF8
"OKAY..SURE FINE LETS MAKE ANIMALS EQUAL TO HUMANS....THAT MEANS ANIMAL WILL GET IN TROUBLE FOR THE SAME THINGS WE DO....PUBLIC NUDITY....SHITTING IN PUBLIC....WONT THAT BE AWESOME?"
Ah, so heavily mentally disabled people don't have rights because they might do the same thing?
Next time you're after arguments against PETA, don't rely on a couple of comedian magicians for your material.
Posted by: DaliyVeg Editor | September 3, 2007 06:11 AM
the person above me is gayass who doesn't understand that were talking about BULL FIGHTS HERE!!!>
Posted by: tasha | September 3, 2007 08:56 AM
Hi;
i didn't know where to post this. This poem of mine, from my new book SHOOT THE MOON, has apparently been making the rounds of the internet without my name on it. It's about dogfighting and rescued dogs. please take a moment to read it. feel free to share it with friends...only please remember to keep my name on it as author.
John Yamrus
and all the sick, perverted
bastards of the world
deserve to die an awful,
bloody death…
i was picking my dog up
at the vet
today
and while i was
waiting for them
to bring her out
i looked over
at the big white dog on my right
and was shocked to see
it had an ear missing
and part of its skull was gone.
it looked like an old wound
that had healed over
and i nodded at the owner
and asked:
“what happened
to your pooch? she
get hit by a car
or something?â€
“nahâ€, he said, “she’s
a rescued dog.â€
“rescued?â€
“yeah, we found her in
the road, thrown out,
with her ear gone
and her head half torn away.â€
“what happened?â€
“the cop said
they see it all the time.
they figure she was raised
by people who fight pit bulls
and you can tell by looking at her
that she’s real sweet
and i guess
when she wouldn’t fight
she was
probably just
used.â€
“used?
for what?â€
“bait.â€
neither one of us
said a word.
i knelt down
and gave her a hug
and scratched her neck
and when i did
she turned real quick
and gave me a great
big wet sloppy kiss.
right on the face.
and all the sick, perverted
bastards of the world
deserve to die
an awful,
bloody death.
Posted by: John Yamrus | September 4, 2007 08:35 AM
Rex's mom could you be any less intelligent? I'll bet Rex is real proud of the way you curse. Your a real lady. Keep up the intelligent banter.
Posted by: Gene | September 4, 2007 09:17 AM
I think we should ban together and just ignore these people who have nothing better to do than to criticize those of us who are trying to make the planet a better place for all living creatures (even the retarded ones like Portia, good God, I hope she doesn't reproduce!!!).
Posted by: Janet Fitzgerald | September 4, 2007 11:59 AM
Hey Gene! I was NOT the one cursing! That was from the post under mine! All of these posts have the writers' names UNDER them! Not above them! I accept your apology!
Posted by: Rex's mom | September 4, 2007 02:44 PM
Daily Veg Editor
Love your input, love your website, love how you express your disdain for animal abusers/killers. The animals need more like you.
It is very difficult for me to summon up any sympathy for a fool who likes to run with bulls that will be tortured and then killed all in the name of "entertainment". This is something that ancient Rome would have relished; Spain, please, come into the 21st century and ban bullfights. I wish this man had had more compassion for the bulls ;hence he would not have had any part of this barbaric practice.
Posted by: Ana | September 4, 2007 03:52 PM
Bull fighting and bull running should be banned. When you tease or taunt an animal, they are going to attack you. Moreover, it is a cruel sport.
Spain should be more civilized and ban this practice altogether.
Posted by: Brandon Harris | September 4, 2007 05:06 PM
Spot On '' Tasha '' its all getting to heavy lets deal with the subject in hand. Or at least allied to it.
Posted by: keith | September 5, 2007 11:58 AM
I have researched Bull fighting for quite along time.
What amazed me is that 90% of the people that go to Bullfights are American and Canadians.
For many years the people of Mexico have tried to ban this horrific practice, to no avail.
They say that they have very little voice.
Use the search engine.
Judith
Posted by: Judith, Freedom Fighter | September 5, 2007 02:01 PM
Well, whatever keeps Jose from procreating. Low sperm count? gored to death by a bull? all basically the same thing
Posted by: Victoria | November 8, 2007 09:48 PM