Demonstration against bullfights in Palma

Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain. – On April 11th, 2010, two hundred people demonstrated in Palma against bullfights and the torture that the animal suffers during the fight. Taking part were Animanaturis, the Animal and Plants Protection Society of of Majorca and animal defence organisations BALDEA and PACMA.
The demonstration departed from the Plaza Juan Carlos l and ended in the Plaza of Spain. In addition to chorusing anti-bullfighting slogans, and carrying banners with the motto “Torture is neither art nor culture”, the demonstration included a “performance” that simulated the torture of the bull in the square. There was also a reading of a manifesto affirming the condition of the bull as a sensitive being that suffers psychologically and physically, and the denunciation of the business of bullfighting. In addition to the Federation PSEM-Entesa Nacionalista, the protest was also supported by the coordinator of Youth, Antoni Noguera, who criticized the slaughter of animals as a public spectacle in the twenty first century (April, 2010)