Cycle of Violence: News & Updates

Martha MacCallum on Bull Fighting – FOX News Cable Network anchor, Martha MacCallum, thinks it’s okay to go to bull fights and have fun.  In fact, Martha sees nothing wrong with the way bulls are tortured and slaughtered in the name of sport.  In a recent story on the Running of the Bulls, Martha MacCallum was quick to point out how much she enjoyed her time at the bull ring.  Perhaps, Martha may want to use her journalistic talents to discover how cruel bull fights truly are and why Spaniards continue to support such a cruel and violent exhibition. 

Bull Fight Facts: 35,000 bulls are inhumanely slaughtered annually in Spain alone. Prior to a bullfight, the bull has his sight diminished by petroleum jelly, strength eliminated by tranquilizers, given laxatives and severe beatings to the kidneys. Additionally, heavy weights are hung around his neck weeks prior to the actual fight and confinement in darkness for hours preceding the fight.  Continue reading.

The Cove is Coming to a Theater Near You – This is the movie that can change the world. Brought to you by the Save Japan Dolphins Coalition and the winner of many prestigious honors including the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival, The Cove chronicles the efforts of a courageous group of individuals to stop the brutal annual slaughter of thousands of dolphins in Japan. Click here for a preview and to find out when the film will be in your area.

Say No to the Circus – Each summer, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus carts dozens of elephants and other animals around some of the hottest parts of the U.S. in sweltering, poorly ventilated boxcars. The journey can be exhausting, disorienting, and extremely stressful, and the destinations bring more misery. Circuses are invariably sad, deadly places for animals, and Ringling is right up there with the worst of them. The circus removes baby elephants from their loving mothers and forces them into a life of punishment, debasement, and extreme loneliness. Ringling keeps elephants in line during their walk from the train to the venue by striking and hooking them in sensitive places with a steel-tipped bullhook.  

Take a stand for ViolenceFree and say no to the circus.