By the middle of this week the ‘We ask CTT to not sell tickets to bull fights’ petition had amassed 2,686 signatures.
Created by the anti-bullfighting organisation ‘Plataforma Basta’ two weeks ago on the change.org website and addressed to the ombudsman of Portugal’s CTT post office and its president and CEO Francisco de Lacerda, the petition’s opening letter claims “bullfighting is a controversial show, much contested in Portuguese society for the cruelty and mistreatment of animals.
“Bullfighting was recently considered by the UN as a violent activity that endangers the physical and mental well-being of children and youths”, it stressed.
According to Plataforma Basta, CTT made the decision this year to start selling tickets to bullfights.
“In recent years, various institutions and companies have refused to associate their brands with this type of event, so it is strange that the CTT - Portugal Post is, in 2015, to sell tickets for the bullfights held in the Campo Pequeno bullring”, the organisation wrote.
In an update on the change.org site the platform also claims a similar petition that it recently launched saw the Pestana hotel group stop promoting discounts on tickets to Campo Pequeno, while on its Facebook page it says in the few minutes after the CTT petition was launched more than 300 people sent complaints to the post office.
Plataforma Basta describes itself as a civic movement that “already comprises a very large number of citizens from various quarters of society, and has strong support for the animal protection movement in Portugal, continuing to evolve with respect, tolerance and consideration.”
It claims to represent “a clear social will, which does not accept the perpetuation in the XXI century of violent entertainment extravaganza involving the mistreatment and unnecessary suffering of thousands of animals.”
On 8 May 2012 the organisation was granted an audience with the Prime Minster and the State Secretary for Culture in Lisbon after receiving the greatest number of votes from Portuguese citizens, being chosen from more than a thousand different causes.
Meanwhile, the pro-bullfighting association Prótoiro, quoting figures from public opinion survey entity Eurosondagem, claims 86.1 percent of Portuguese are against the banning of bullfights while only 11 percent are against bullfights.
On its facebook page the Plataforma Basta cause promotes figures sourced from the IGAC – General Inspection of Cultural Activities – which apparently found 96 percent of Portuguese do not watch live bullfights.
Petition to stop post office from selling tickets to bullfights
in News · 16 Apr 2015, 14:18 · 3 Comments
This INHUMANE acts against bulls and the horses used, needs to end. There is nothing fair about it or beautiful. Referring to it as a sport is a gross misrepresentation. It is a disgusting act of cruelty. It also teaches young people to disrespect animals of all kinds.
PLEASE DO NOT SUPPORT ANIMAL CRUELTY BY ALLOWING THE SALE OF TICKETS TO BULL FIGHTS.
By Barbara Parker from Algarve on 18 Apr 2015, 04:14
Don't promote bullfighting!
By Martina Szyszka from Other on 01 May 2015, 18:39
No animal should EVER be exploited to satisfy the selfish needs of humans; not for GREED, not for EGO, not for entertainment, sport, customs, religion, food, fur, soulless science, or sadistic “hunting” murder. NO EXCUSES!!! Those who disregard, exploit, imprison, neglect, disrespect, abuse, molest, torture in ANY WAY, or MURDER animals- must be exposed, fined, and/or imprisoned, pay for their extensive rehab counseling and or psychiatric treatment. As part of their penalty/treatment THEY MUST PAY to build and support animal shelters/sanctuaries/relocation programs. THEY MUST PAY for protected reserves, conserved areas, protective fencing, etc. THEY MUST PAY for spay/neuter/birth control programs. THEY MUST PAY for and install billboards, bus signs, street signs, post posters, wear sandwich board signs, and pass out flyers, etc., for ANIMAL PROTECTION & CRUELTY FREE AWARENESS & EDUCATION. THEY MUST PAY to help rescue groups with vehicles, gas, kennels, food, medical care, etc. PAY to prevent culls of baby seals, dolphins, pilot whales, etc., PAY to prevent habitat loss; Animal users/abusers MUST PAY to release animals from laboratories, puppy mills, (kill) shelters, factory farms, fur farms, canned hunting farms, circus, zoo, etc., PAY to stop poaching, PAY to foster/support animals: place/PAY to support them in sanctuaries, PAY for training & placement of animals as cadaver search or drug sniffing, etc, or as emotional assistance/support animals for people with special needs, depression, autistic children, seniors with dementia, introverted teenagers, post traumatic stress disorder, people with chronic or terminal illness, tourette syndrome, lupus or multiple sclerosis, the deaf, blind, and rehab. training, etc.
Humans are called to be compassionate caregivers, protectors and stewards of the planet and its beings. Helping not harming. To create an environment where all beings are treated with respect and compassion. Never to die needlessly or cruelly. These vulnerable, innocent beings have the right to live “cruelty-free” in peace.
“We must remember in our dealings with animals that they are a SACRED TRUST to us... They cannot speak for themselves.” Harriet Beecher Stowe.
By Monica from USA on 07 Aug 2015, 22:06