POR QUE LA UNESCO NO DECLARE LOS TOROS PATRIMONIO DE LA HUMANIDAD

Como va a ser patrimonio de la humanidad, por favor!!! SEMEJANTE BARBARIE!!!

This is incredibly cruel. I hope those idiots realize that this is torturous and wrong.

No a las corridas de toros!
La barbarie no puede ser patrimonio de la humanidad!!!!!
Que será después? Declarar. C o patrimonio las guerras, la extinción de las especies?????

No se puede considerar ni cultura ni espectáculo el sufrimiento de otros seres vivos. Además proporciona una imagen equívoca de España.

Jamás la UNESCO podría declarar la tortura y asesinato de un animal sintiente, para goce de unos poquísimos enfermos psicópatas ávidos de violencia de seres inferiores, pero mientras exista negocio de por medio quien sabe si ?????

Bullfighting is ritualised cruelty. No country should try to honour cruelty as a cultural heritage.

To torture innocent animals like calves and "torros" is not longer accepable. Cruelty on animals encourage violance on animals and humans

la vida se respeta.

love and peace is the key for all happiness

Coments? What for? This is a pre historic matter!! We're in XXI!!!!!!!!!!!!

POR LOS DERECHOS DE LOS ANIMALES!!!

FOR ANIMALS RIGHTS!!!

Dicen que una imagen vale más que mil palabras... ¿Quién se divierte en esta fiesta?

2013 and not the stone-age or middleages anymore. stop those barbarities at once and act like a developped country where respect for animal welfare is visble and not barbarities like corridas and torturee of animals just for THE BIG MONEY

ya era hora

Porque el maltrato, la tortura y el asesinato NO ES CULTURA: SÍ A LA ABOLICIÓN DE LAS CORRIDAS DE TORO. No son la fiesta nacional, sino LA VERGÜENZA NACIONAL.

Uds con que cara le explican a un niño semejante barbarie? Pena debería darles! NO MÁS VIOLENCIA!!! NO MÁS SANGRE EN EL RUEDO!!! Todo por la plata, no? Sus acciones justificarán lo que les pase... KARMA!!!

Is it still neccesary in 2013 to hurt bulls? Even though they all know they can feel pain emotions? I hope it will stop now

STOP KILLING INNOCENT ANIMALS.

ich bin gegen tierqälerei, und primitive tötung von tiere!

torture no is culture; tortura no es cultura

BARBARIANS - TIME TO STOP !!!!!!!

Hopefully the people from Unesco can think....Not everything what is antique is worth to be protected!
Kind regards, Lizet Kraal

Dear Mrs Duvelle,

I have read in the media the intention of the wealthy and powerful bullfighting lobby of presenting this cruel “fiesta” to be declared UNESCO’s World Intangible Cultural heritage. As declared in the last International Bullfighting Convention Contoromex in Tijuana, Mexico, last summer of 2010, cities as Arles, Nimes, Bezier etc. in France, Madrid, Murcia, Sevilla, and the Asociación Internacional de la Tauromaquia in Spain, as well as the Consejo Nacional Taurino in Mexico, among others, have expressed their intention to apply.


I am writing to you because I believe that before UNESCO can make an assessment it is only fair that you received with regards to this issue reliable information coming from both parties. On the one hand, you will certainly be receiving information from those who support bullfighting, a minority in our countries. But also, you should also receive information from those of us who definitely do not support the torture and killing of an animal for pure entertainment, much less its declaration as a world intangible cultural heritage.


In this respect, all of us signing here would like to express our firmest rejection to bullfighting being declared ICH for, according to article 2 of your own regulation:

1. It is not recognized as such by the majority of the citizens of the cities and countries where it takes place, as the recent ban in Catalonia, Spain, and the already existing ban in Canary Island prove. As prove all the polls made in this respect as the Gallup/IG Investiga one, which states that 67,2% of Spaniards have no interest or totally reject bullfighting. More information here: http://www.slideshare.net/MartaEstebanMiano/spain-and-bullfighting


2. Because it does not comply with the minimum human ethical standards, for it is not ethical to entertain ourselves with a show involving the suffering, the blood and the death of an animal, ignoring and teaching our children to ignore any brisk of empathy or compassion that my grow in the spectators’ hearts.


Likewise, I urge you to admit the International Antibullfighting Network to act as consultant NGO in this respect as article 8 states. We are aware that they have contacted you already in this respect. They count within our group on experts on Veterinary, Law, Sociology, Agronomical Engineering, Journalists, Political parties’ members, that can provide with exact and objective information. They count on my total support.


Finally, I would like to get to you the list of world leaders and celebrities who support our cause, among which I would like to mention the Dalai Lama or Nobel Prize Coetzee, among others.


Dear Mrs Duvelle, I turn to you as the chief of Intangible Cultural Heritage Section. I have read your words when you said: “Each expression of intangible heritage is precious to those that practise it, providing them the very essence of their belonging to their community”. However, bullfighting is for most of Spaniards, French, Portuguese and Latinoamericans, a practice that embarrasses them, that divides them and generates an increasing number of voices claiming for its end.



Please accept my highest considerations,

Bo Messemaker

Killing animals just for fun must be banned.