GOOD NEWS! Salinas bloodless bullfight cancelled!

May 15, 2004

Hey, all -

A sizable and important victory for the animals today. The so-called

" bloodless bullfight " scheduled for the Salinas arena on June 13 has

been cancelled! It was being promoted by the California Rodeo/Salinas

folks as part of a " religious festival, " if you can believe it. (Hey,

why not? G. Bush is doing God's work, right?)

Go to " Google News, " type in " bloodless bullfights " - Several articles

are listed. The best is in the Monterey County HERALD. Take a look,

too, at the two articles (dated today, May 14) from the Salinas

CALIFORNIA. The Associated Press also picked up the story. Not a word

in the Salinas pieces about the impact that our calls and letters to the

Mayor, the City Council, and the Rodeo Committee had on the decision to

drop this nonsense. Or the fact that the HERALD ran a good editorial

opposing the fights. Or that the Monterey SPCA was opposed. (San Jose

MERCURY NEWS also covered the story.) Nowhere was it mentioned that the

animals used in these " fights " are routinely sent to slaughter

afterwards, for once accustomed to humans in the arena, they cannot be

used again. I saw one of these events in Gustin (Central Valley) last

year. It's animal abuse, unquestionably. All the bulls repeatedly ran

into the wooden barricades, risking broken horns and/or necks. A man on

horseback placed banderillas on the velcroed-backs of the bulls, putting

his horse at risk of being gored or thrown. No water was provided for

the bulls, or the many cows accompanying them. And all in the name of

religion, God help us. Blasphemy, in my book (were I a religious man).

Some Letters to the Editors of all these papers seem in order. Yours?

Holler with any questions, newspaper addresses, etc. Thanks to all

those who wrote and/or called.

Eric Mills, coordinator

ACTION FOR ANIMALS

510/652-5603

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