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MyCharity.ie thanked for removing bullrun from fundraising list
28 March 2014
The Irish Council Against Blood Sports has thanked MyCharity.ie for removing the cruel Pamplona bullrun from its suggested list of fundraising events. The content was deleted following an ICABS appeal which highlighted the animal cruelty and the danger to participants.
We pointed out that during the infamous bullrun, bulls are scared into stampeding through the use of sticks and electric shock prods and that along the route of the run, the animals are at risk of slipping and sustaining bruises and broken bones. Later in the day, the bulls suffer twenty minutes of torture in the Pamplona bullring before being brutally killed.
Also flagged was the danger to those taking part in the cruel event. "We believe efforts to raise money to help alleviate human suffering is entirely incompatible with the Pamplona bullrun - an event which is highly dangerous to humans," we stated in our appeal. "Those running in the bullrun are at risk of of being carried away - dead or paralysed with serious lifelong injuries. There have been at least 13 fatalities during the bullrun over the years and numerous injuries. A BBC News correspondent described one such incident as follows: 'The fighting bull which gored [the victim] weighed half a tonne. It hit him in the abdomen, severed a main artery, sliced through his kidney and punctured his liver, before tossing him seven metres in the air...he died in hospital of massive blood loss.'"
Thumbs up to MyCharity.ie for this compassionate response. Check out the MyCharity.ie website for a list of fundraising ideas.
PREVIOUSLY: Ask MyCharity.ie to reject fundraisers involving cruelty
09 July 2013
ICABS is calling on fundraising website, MyCharity.ie, to reject fundraisers involving cruelty to animals. The call was prompted by a page on the site which invites people to donate in support of a group participating in the Pamplona bullrun.
In a message to the Dublin-based company we stated: "While efforts to raise funds for Irish charities are laudable, it is disappointing that a fundraiser, based on the cruel Pamplona bullrun, was allowed to be featured on MyCharity.ie."
We pointed out that during the infamous bullrun, bulls are scared into stampeding through the use of sticks and electric shock prods. Along the route of the run, the animals are at risk of slipping and sustaining bruises and broken bones. Later in the day, the bulls suffer twenty minutes of torture in the Pamplona bullring before being killed.
Also highlighted was the danger to those taking part in the cruel event. "We believe efforts to raise money to help alleviate human suffering is entirely incompatible with the Pamplona bullrun - an event which is highly dangerous to humans," we told MyCharity.ie. "Those running in the bullrun are at risk of of being carried away - dead or paralysed with serious lifelong injuries. There have been at least 13 fatalities during the bullrun over the years and numerous injuries. A BBC News correspondent described one such incident as follows: 'The fighting bull which gored [the victim] weighed half a tonne. It hit him in the abdomen, severed a main artery, sliced through his kidney and punctured his liver, before tossing him seven metres in the air...he died in hospital of massive blood loss.'"
MyCharity.ie is being urged to amend its terms and conditions to explicitly prohibit the listing of any fundraising event which involves cruelty to animals.
| A bull is killed at the Pamplona bullring - MyCharity.ie has been told that this is the fate of all bulls used in the bullrun. Photo: Reuters |
ACTION ALERT
If you choose to holiday in a bullfighting country (Spain, France, Portugal, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela), please do not visit bullfighting arenas or museums. Avoid purchasing any bullfight-related souvenirs. Join the international campaign against bullfighting. Please register your opposition to this horrific blood sport with the governments and political representatives of bullfighting countries as well as to the local Ambassadors.
Contact the Spanish Ambassador to Ireland to register your opposition to bullfighting. Express your desire to see bullfighting banned throughout all of Spain.
The Spanish Ambassador to Ireland
Embassy of Spain
17A Merlyn Park, Dublin 4.
Email: emb.dublin@maec.es
Tel 1: +353 (0)1 2691640
Tel 2: +353 (0)1 2692597
Fax: +353 (0)1 269 1854
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