26. horses used in bullfights are stabbed many times, by the horns of a terrified bull in agony
tame horses' pushed into the rodeo arena, are forced to leave the chutes whilst being jabbed with electric prods, or by having their manes & tails twisted, a flank strap applying severe pressure to the genital area, the pain-crazed horse is now bucking with the help of the stirrup being dug in, trying to rid itself of the flankstrap, & the imbecile in the pretend cowboy get-up, deep spur scratches are caused by rubbing, many horses shitting & pissing themselves in front of an audience, the contestant scores points on how well he rides & on how well the animal performs, the so-called wild horses calm down immediately once the flank strap is removed, they flee from the arenas wide-eyed & humiliated, with froth streaming from their mouths, we see distressed horses trying to toss their riders, often with lips separated & tongues moving in & out, one old bronc tossed a rider before falling onto his neck, he made a rumbling bent exit through the dust, to join the skeletons of last year's event, another bronc was herded into a holding pen, blood spurting from his floppy leg, he was made to crawl up a steep ramp & loaded into a truck, to be removed for destruction out of sight of the public, whereas horses used in bullfights are shot in the neck with dope, so that they are groggily going through the motions, they are often gored, & usually have wet newspaper stuffed into their ears to impair hearing, so that they do not hear the mad bull coming, their vocal cords are cut so that their cries do not distract the crowd, these tired old plough horses or ex-racers, supposedly saved from glue factories, are knocked down, by mutilated, enraged & pain- crazed bulls weighing half a tonne, horses used in bullfights are stabbed many times, by the horns of a terrified bull in agony |
