One of Spain’s most revered bullfighters has caused controversy for posting an image of himself holding his five-month old baby while fighting a bull.
Francisco “Fran” Rivera Ordóñez has been keeping a low profile in the bullfighting scene since suffering a severe goring from a bull on August 19th last year, the day his wife gave birth to his second child, baby Carmen... read full story on Blasting News
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In a second recent incident of its kind, a Swedish stripper jumped into a bullring in Málaga to comfort the dying bull. Animal rights activists, PETA, have hailed her bravery.
Amkina Axelsson, 41, attended a bull fight at the La Malagueta bullring in Málaga recently. After holding up a banner saying "No Más Tauromaquia!" or "No More Bullfighting!" during the event, she jumped over the barrier into the bullring to comfort the dying bull, but was removed from the area by the one of the matadors.
Axelsson describes herself as a Swedish stripper and adult model and lives in Marbella on the Costa del Sol in southern Spain with her husband. She told The Local, "It was a symbolic act to show that we are thinking about the bull."
"No animal should have to endure an agonizing and unnecessary death for the enjoyment of a crowd."
"I join together with PETA to urge all compassionate people to stop these cruel events, which have been condemned internationally, by never attending a bullfight."
Axelsson says she was nervous about doing it, but was more nervous about police than the bull itself, and while she was arrested after the protest, she said the policeman was "fantastic".
"He was also against bullfighting, he was definitely on my side."
However, Axelsson will have to pay a fine for her actions, but says this doesn't worry her.
"I’m still going to stand up for what I believe in."
Watch Axelsson jump into the bullring in the video below.
Axelsson's protest was nothing new to Málaga, as in August this year a Spanish woman, Virginia Ruiz, also jumped into the bullring, but in her case she managed to give the bull comfort as it lay on the ground dying.
After the event, Ruiz told the Spanish TV station Telecinco, "I wanted to give him love before he left this world." Her protest can be seen in the video below.
PETA released a statement Monday where Mimi Bekhechi, director of PETA UK, condemned bullfighting practices in Spain, which she said included "subjecting the animal to electric shocks" along with "tranquilizing" the bulls before the corridas.
According to PETA, 12 people died in July and August after being gored by bulls, making this the deadliest summer bullfighting season in 15 years.
Joining forces with animal rights campaigners who want the brutal sport
banned, Baywatch's Pamela Anderson has sent a letter to Spain's
politicians telling them to stop subsidizing the "cruel pastime."
On the same
day that animal welfare organizations met with Spain's politicians to
attempt to persuade them not to sign off on legislation that could see
bullfighting protected as 'cultural heritage' in Spain, Anderson's
letter was delivered to Spain's Parliament.... read more including full letter.
