This is the band Major Arcana with lead vocalist Sharon Townsend. Stop Bullfighting proudly presents their music video, hoping the message they convey will reach as many people as possible. In an effort to rid the world of barbaric torture against animals, this band has a clear message; “Torture is not culture”.

Appearing in the video:

• Francisco Vasquez, founder Animanaturalis
• Leonardo Anselmi, spokesperson for Libera and Campaña PROU
• Aïda Gascón, PACMA candidate for Barcelona
• Debborah Parris, PACMA candidate for Girona
• Maria José, spokesperson for IgualdadAnimal
• Alejandra García, Franz Weber foundation

…and various animalrights supporters.

Sharon says:

“We are an animal rights musical band called Major Arcana and although we are based in Barcelona I am from London but I have lived here in Barcelona for many years!!! This vid was filmed here in Barcelona and we launched it the day the antibullfighting law came into effect on the 1st Jan 2012.

We hope you like it and we would be so pleased if the video could be placed on your website. Here in Spain and Latinamerica we have had lots of media coverage and we are now preparing our fight for a ban on CORREBOUS (SETTING THE BULL ON FIRE AND PARADING HIM DOWN THE STREET).

Thank you,
Sharon”

Major Arcana can be found at their website: www.major-arcana.com !

Bullfighting is a blood sport practiced in cities throughout Spain and several other countries. Hundreds of thousands of bulls die every year.

Description by kevistheking2:
30 pupil have been injured, after a bull at the bull fight in Pamplona decided to jump into the crowd on the grandstand. This happened the 18th of august 2010 in Pamplona, a city near the spain – french border in Spain.

The bullfight has a long tradition in Spain, but its one of the most cruel spectaculars in the world. The bulls gets injured with long swords in his back, and so he loses many blood, and gets more and more weak. After around half an hour, the torero just need to kill him with a stab of a big sword in the bulls neck. If he misses this one special point, the bull doesnt die, but gets incredible pain.

By now, there has been a disscussion in Spain, and now some regions want to forbid the cruel bull – fight, but some cities like Pamplona dont want to lose their font of money.

Another cruel spectacular in Pamplona is the annual bull – run, where many turists get injured and sometimes killed.

This video was made by JoanaR22 over at YouTube and we hope she dont mind us posting it here and showing it to all our followers. We also posted it on our facebook page because we think this is the type of video that people really need to see.

Thank you JoanaR22 !

A matador cheated death by millimeters when the bull he was tormenting rammed its horn straight through his chin and out through his mouth. You may think that Stop Bullfighting enjoys it when accidents like these happen, as it might promote our case against bullfighting. However we relish ALL life, human included, and thus we feel sorry for the matador and his family for having to go through such a horrendous ordeal. Although it could and should have been prevented by ending this feudal horror show before it began. Please, STOP BULLFIGHTING !

Upon being released from the box, the bull enters the bullring. Here he is disoriented from the sudden light and the crowd noise.

Furthermore, when he enters the ring, the bull is already bleeding profusely. While still in the holding box, the bull is injured with a harpoon-tipped ribbon that has been jammed into his side.

The bull is quickly joined by two men on horses. The mounted men begin to circle the confused bull and stab pointed lances into his back and his sides. The lance blade cutting the bull is at least 5 inches long.

Once the bull is severely wounded, the bullfighter and his team engage their wounded, weakened, tortured and confused victim. These men take turns chasing the bull and slamming banderillas into the bull.

These banderillas, or adorned barbed darts, hang onto the bull with razor sharp tips. By this time, the bull is in extreme pain, the blood is spraying, pouring, bubbling, and oozing out of every wound. Internal bleeding is evident by the blood pouring out of his mouth and nostrils. Also, uncontrollable urination and defecation is usual. He cannot defend himself and attempts to run away.

After at least twenty minutes of this, the matador takes advantage of this weakened state and approaches the bull from the front. Armed with a long sword, the matador strikes and jams the entire sword into the top of the bull’s body. This is supposed to be a fatal strike through the heart.

Unfortunately, many times the sword goes through the lungs causing the bull’s blood to come gushing out of his mouth and nostrils–drowning the creature in his own life fluids. Still standing, the bull attempts to run away with instinct driving him to survive. The “bullfighters” continue to chase him around the ring, surrounding him and continuing this merciless attack.

Finally, exhausted and badly hemorrhaging, the bull collapses to his knees mortally wounded.. in complete submission.. begging for mercy. The sword is then removed from his back.

He lies there, clinging to life. He can no longer run and now will suffer until death.

The matador finally approaches with a short knife. The knife pierces the back of the bull’s neck and dragged from side to side to cut the spinal cord. This paralyzes but does not kill the victim. The victim is conscious as trophies are cut from his body — his ears, tail, and/or hooves. Sometimes the bull is even conscious as he is dragged to the back of the arena and butchering begins.

Matadors, meet your latest opponent. Actor and former Miss Panama Patricia De León is speaking out against bullfighting and urging others to stop supporting this cruel blood sport. Each year, thousands of bulls are tortured and killed in bullfights. Of course, “bullfight” is an inaccurate term for an activity in which there is very little competition between a nimble, sword-wielding matador (Spanish for “killer”) and a frightened, injured, and drugged animal. In her video public service announcement (PSA) for PETA, Patricia is letting people know how bulls used in bullfights are bred to suffer and painfully die in the ring.
Before entering the bullring, bulls are intentionally debilitated in various ways: They’re often drugged and deprived of food and have heavy sandbags dropped onto their backs. Handlers sometimes engage in an illegal practice called “shaving” in which a few inches of a bull’s horns are sawed off to expose his nerves and impair his coordination.