ANIMAL protection groups, their supporters and ordinary citizens plan to take legal action against the mayor of Tordesillas (Valladolid province) over the bloodthirsty bull-killing 'spectacle', the Toro de la Vega, which he refuses to scrap.
National outcry, including radio phone-ins resulted from the bull Rompesuelas being lanced to death by the crowds surrounding him, then left lying on the ground to die from loss of blood and in extreme agony.
Public pressure for the village in the centre-northern region of Castilla y León to end the torture 'festival' it is famous for extends throughout Spain, where an estimated 90% of inhabitants are against bull-fighting or any other form of 'show' which causes distress, death or injury to animals.
Spanish reporters were shoved aside and one was even hit, and protesters also criticised the lack of action by security forces.
In a 'sideways' tactic end the cruelty, the long list of animal welfare associations intend to file a formal grievance to the court based upon the dangers to spectators involved in the festival.
Those who went along to denounce the torture said members of the public present were in 'a situation of real danger to their lives and health'.
Among those who have joined the move are the Association of Vets for the Abolition of Bull-fighting and Animal Cruelty (AVATMA), Pet Owners United, Torture Is Not Culture, the Federation of Animal Protection Associations for Greater Madrid (FAPAM), Gladiators for Peace, Excálibur, Violence Against People and Animals Research Group (GEHVA), and radio DJ Carlos Rodríguez who runs the show Como el perro y el gato ('like the dog and the cat').
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