No to the presence of children at bullfights and cockfights
This Thursday, November 14, Senator Samantha Cazebonne’s bill to ban the presence of minors under the age of 16 at bullfights and cockfights will be examined by the Senate. This proposal is supported by One Voice, which has infiltrated bullfighting schools on several occasions.
While awareness of respect for animals and their welfare has just been introduced into the curriculum for Year 2 classes in 2024, paradoxically, these same children, in the middle of psychological development, can still witness scenes of unheard-of violence at bullfights and cockfights.
Infiltration of bullfighting schools
On several occasions, One Voice has investigated bullfighting schools, veritable “training centers” for teaching youngsters to become animal torturers and killers. From as young as 6 years old, they can be confronted with young cows, or even calves, incited by adults to torment them. Killing by inexperienced teenagers is slow and painful, and amounts to a veritable torture session.
Let us say it once again: bullfighting is forbidden in France, as it is tantamount to cruelty and severe mistreatment to animals. Only a few towns in the south of France are authorized to hold bullfights because of an exemption. How can we explain the fact that children cannot attend such illegal “shows” in some regions, but can do so in others, and are even allowed to take part in the killings?
One Voice supports senators Samantha Cazebonne and Arnaud Bazin and their co-signatories, who have the courage to put forward this proposal.
Sign the petition calling for a ban on the presence of children in bullrings and the closure of bullfighting schools, and call out to your local mayor.