In a media blitz of PETA campaign appeals lighting up digital screens across Gran Vía, in advance of his Madrid tour dates, Sir Paul McCartney is asking the public to come together as one and put an end to cruel bullfights
In an attempt to to repeal the law that designates bullfighting as “cultural heritage” and empower Spanish communities to prohibit the violent blood sport, the iconic musician declares, “I am Paul McCartney, and I oppose bullfighting” as animal rights advocates in Spain accumukate signatures for the No Es Mi Cultura popular legislative initiative.
According to a statement by PETA Vice President for Europe Mimi Bekhechi:
“Bulls feel pain and fear just as humans do, yet in the bullring they’re terrorized, mutilated, and barbarically slaughtered in front of jeering crowds.” “PETA urges compassionate people everywhere to join Sir Paul McCartney in taking a stand against these bloody, merciless spectacles.”
By nature, bulls are calm, social individuals who are protective of their fellow herd members. During bullfights, assailants on horses drive lances into a bull’s back and neck before others plunge banderillas into his back. When the bull becomes weak from blood loss, a matador attempts to kill the animal by plunging a sword into his lungs. A knife is used to cut his spinal cord. The bull may be paralyzed but still conscious as his ears or tail are cut off and presented to the matador as a trophy and his body is dragged from the arena. Tens of thousands are slaughtered this way annually in bullfighting festivals around the world.
With 93% of young people say they don’t support the cruel spectacles, the international condemnation of bullfighting has continued to grow, as 100,000+ PETA supporters have urged Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to ban bullfighting.
PETA – whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to use for entertainment or abuse in any other way” – opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview.
For more information, please visit PETA.org.uk or follow PETA on Facebook, X, TikTok, or Instagram.
Keep up with the latest trending music news by following us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
Author: Saul Goode
Photo: Fronteira