NO MORE ANIMAL ABUSE TO HAVE FUN
Throughout the
time, humans and animals have been getting closer. Humans and some animals have
stablished good bond of friendship each other. We have domesticated some
animals as dogs, cats, birds among others, until the point we live in the same
house with these animals as pets. But some other animals are not considered domestic
ones. So, they are used with other purposes. For instance, some animals are
used in cultural celebrations such as bullfighting, Coleo and others. In these
kind of cultural celebrations animals are taken like objects. They are
mistreated and most of the cases killed, just to amuse people. If we are
supposed to live in a civilized and modern world, why are we still supporting
violence against animals? Can these “celebrations” be taken as culture? Are
those art? In my opinion, in this current world, there is no place for
entertainment which involves cruelty and violence against animals.
To be more specific,
I am to focus on the cruelty of bullfighting as a cultural celebration. Bullfighting
has been taken as a cultural celebration for many years. But what people do not
understand is that murder an animal is not culture but cruelty. In this civilized
world, how funny can it be to see a bull bleeding out while it is repeatedly
stabbed by a bullfighter until death? According to Chilango.com: “there are 8 reasons to be against the practice of
bullfighting. Bullfighting is not art, it is not an equal fight, there are many
other ways to have fun in this modern and technological world, etc.” (colaborador, 2013 ) . First, bullfighting is not an equal
fight because bulls before being sent to the bullfighting arena against the
bullfighters, they are mistreated, their chubs are filed in case they can reach
the bullfighter they cannot cause so much damage. Second, this celebration
cannot be considered art because art is creation and life, and clearly
bullfighting is destruction and death. And third, we have plenty of
technological devices such as computers, amusement parks and others for having
fun. These are reasons enough to be against the bullfighting celebration.
On the other hand,
we have some other reasons that can be used as a defense in pro of practicing
bullfighting. According to estudiantes.elpais.com:
“there are some reasons why bullfighting should be practiced. Bullfighting
is the economic support of many veterinarians, families that rise bulls, businessmen
that buy and sell bulls and because bullfighting has been part of the culture
for many years, it represents the history, etc.” (Olmos,
s.f.)
First, if there is not bullfighting many families and veterinarians are to
bankrupt because their economic supporting are the upbringing and care of
bulls. Second, in the same way people who buy and sell bulls can be affected. If
there is not bullfighting what they are going to do for living? They are used
to earn money through bulls. Finally, because bullfighting has been taken as
part of our culture since many years ago. Bullfighting represents a historical
legacy left by our ancestors.
To sum up,
bullfighting is not a good cultural celebration. We are supposed to be in a
modern and civilized world in which every alive being deserve respect and the
right of living. This practice must be banned and punished. Because
bullfighting is cruel and it cannot be considered art. In this “cultural
celebration” an alive being is being murdered. This is not an equal fight,
because bulls are mistreated before entering to the bullfight arena and because
there are many other ways to have fun without murdering animals. Finally, I
think bullfighting must be completely banned and punished because this is
heartless, it is promoting violence against innocent animals and we have to
respect the right of living that animals have.
Juan Sebastian
Escobar Polania
