Thursday, August 19, 2010

BULL LEAPS OUT OF RING AND CHARGES AT CROWD

SPECTATORS HAVE RUN FOR THEIR LIVES
AS BULL JUMPED INTO STANDS AT SPAIN ARENA
MADRID (AP) - Forty people were injured when a bull leapt into the packed grandstands of a Spanish bullring and ran amok, charging and trampling on spectators, regional officials said Thursday. Video shown on Spanish media outlets showed the bull jumping several meters (yards) high out of the ring, clearing two barriers before landing in the stands and raising a panic as he lurched through the screaming crowd, charging and tossing everything he could. Spectators were watching a contest where people dodge the bull as it runs around the arena when suddenly a bull jumped into the stands at a bullring in northern Spain injuring up to 40 people, according to officials. It happened in Tafalla, when the animal leapt over the fence and climbed up the stairs of the stands, knocking people over. TV footage shows spectators trying to restrain the animal - one fan grabs its tail - as it careers through the stands. The animal was brought under control after several minutes and was later killed.

Spectators were watching a contest of “recortadores”, where participants attempt to dodge the bull as it runs frantically around the arena. Most of the injured were treated for cuts and bruises in Tafalla, officials said, but nine people were taken to hospital in nearby Pamplona. Among them was a 10-year-old boy who apparently suffered stomach wounds and multiple bruising when the bull fell on him, and a 24-year-old who was gored in the back. The other injuries were minor.
Officials later tied a rope around the bull to bring it under control. The animal was removed using a crane and later killed. Analysts say bulls occasionally leap security fences at bullrings but they rarely make it into the crowd. The incident comes as the country is split over whether bull fighting should be completely outlawed. Last month Catalonia became the first major Spanish region to ban the deadly sport.






A bull has injured 40 people after jumping out of the arena at a Spanish bullring. The crowd went to enjoy some animal tortures behind a safety fence and got in panic when the things have turned around. This is a clear example of the reactions that cause the cruel actions of those who claim to love bullfighting.


WHAT DO THE VEDIC TEACHINGS TELL US?
The Spoon Revolutionaries reject anything that is harmful to our health and general health of the planet. ... There is no doubt that during life there are situations of defense against insects and animals where it is inevitable to kill some living creatures, but this fact does not justify at all the indiscriminate killing of animals for food. Nothing gives us the right to deprive the animals of freedom and subject them to live tortured existences, or to experiment with them for medicines, and exploit them in circuses and fun events like bullfights, roosters, dogs and many other perversions that men have invented in order to have fun by making others to feel pain. Before complaining about the injustice of the world, we decide to look at the pain that we cause to others. The crime committed against animals, has consequences that we must pay in ourselves. ... We want to see a world where animals and humans live in harmony and where individuals develop a sense of responsibility.


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