Companies asked to stop supporting Lisbon bullfighting 19 June 2007 Among the companies supporting bullfighting in Lisbon's Campo Pequeno bullring are VIP Magazine Portugal, TVi Television, 24 Horas Newspaper and Lisbon City Council. We need your help to convince all four to disassociate from this cruel activity. Please respond to the action alerts below and ask your friends to do so too. Contact details and sample letters are provided for your convenience. Lisbon's bloody Campo Pequeno bullring where bulls are hit, stabbed and killed. The banner above the entrance confirms that several high profile companies are among the supporters of this barbarism. (Photo: Philip Kiernan) A close-up of the banner above the bullring entrance showing the logos of TVi, 24 Horas, Lisbon City Council and VIP Magazine Portugal. (Photo: Philip Kiernan) ACTION ALERT 1 Contact VIP Magazine Portugal and ask them to stop supporting bullfighting and publishing positive features on bullfighters. Sample Letter (Please compose your own personal letter if possible. If you do not have time to do this, please send the short sample letter below. Be assertive, but polite, in all correspondence. Thank you.) VIP Magazine Grupo Impala Ranholas 2710-460 Sintra Portugal assinaturas@impala.pt Tel: 00 351 219 238050 Fax: 00 351 219 238063 Dear Sir/Madam, I am writing to complain about VIP Magazine's support of bullfighting in Portugal. I also find it disappointing that your publication gives positive coverage to bullfighters. As you are no doubt aware, Portuguese bullfighting sees bulls being stabbed, hit and dragged to the ground. Afterwards the heavily bleeding creatures are slaughtered. It is appalling that your company feels it is appropriate to support this abhorrent activity. I hope that you can strongly consider the enormous suffering caused to the animals and stop associating with this internationally condemned cruelty. Thank you. I look forward to your response. Yours sincerely, Name/Location ACTION ALERT 2 Contact TVi Television and ask them to stop supporting bullfighting and broadcasting bullfighting programmes. Sample Letter (Please compose your own personal letter if possible. If you do not have time to do this, please send the short sample letter below. Be assertive, but polite, in all correspondence. Thank you.) TVI Televisao Independente, S.A. Rua Mario Castelhano, 40 Queluz de Baixo 2734-502 Barcarena Portugal Email via: tvi.iol.pt website Tel.: 00 351 214 347500 Fax: 00 351 214 347654 Dear Sir/Madam, I am writing to appeal to TVi to stop supporting bullfighting and broadcasting bullfights on your channel. Bullfighting is a terribly cruel activity which a majority of Portuguese citizens want banned. It is incredible that a modern television channel would accept bullfighting as an appropriate activity to cover. I urge you to end your support of bullfighting and to instead highlight the cruelty which has prompted a majority of Portuguese citizens to express their desire to see this blood sport outlawed. Thank you. I look forward to your response. Yours sincerely, Name/Location ACTION ALERT 3 Urge 24 Horas Newspaper to stop supporting bullfighting and to instead expose the inherent animal cruelty. Sample Letter (Please compose your own personal letter if possible. If you do not have time to do this, please send the short sample letter below. Be assertive, but polite, in all correspondence. Thank you.) Pedro Tadeu Director 24horas Avenida da Liberdade 266 – 5o 1250-149 Lisboa, Portugal Email 1: publicidade@24horas.com.pt (Attn: Pedro Tadeu, Director) Email 2: valves@24horasnewspaper.com (Victor Alves, Director) Dear Sir, It is very surprising and disappointing that 24 Horas is one of the supporters of bullfighting in Lisbon. As a reputable news publication, surely you can recognise that bullfighting is a barbaric activity that has no place in modern Portugal. I urge you to end your support of bullfighting and to instead highlight the cruelty which has prompted a majority of Portuguese citizens to express their desire to see this blood sport outlawed. Thank you. I look forward to your response. Yours sincerely, Name/Location ACTION ALERT 4 Urgently contact Lisbon City Council and demand that they stop supporting bullfighting. Tell them that they have a duty to promote the Portuguese capital as a modern and civilised city. If the presence of bullfighting in Lisbon disqualifies it as a possible holiday destination for you, please point this out in your correspondence. Sample Letter (Please compose your own personal letter if possible. If you do not have time to do this, please send the short sample letter below. Be assertive, but polite, in all correspondence. Thank you.) Camara Municipal de Lisboa Pacos do Concelho Praca do Municipio 1100-365 Lisboa Portugal. Email: geral@cm-lisboa.pt Tel: +351 213 227 000 Fax: +351 213 227 008 Dear Sir/Madam, I am shocked to learn that the city council of a modern European city is supporting the cruel and outdated barbarity that is bullfighting. Bullfighting is opposed by millions all across Europe and the world. It is also, of course, opposed by a majority of Portuguese citizens. Your decision to support bullfighting in the Campo Pequeno bullfighting arena is an insult to these people. We all want this deplorable animal abuse to be made illegal in your city and country. Please do the right thing and immediately end all support and promotion of bullfighting in Lisbon. Thank you. I await your response with great anticipation. Yours sincerely, Name/Country One of the bullfighting images which Lisbon City Council is happy to display on its website. 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