Reducing Cruelty by Inches
Once again the Spanish Dictator has decided to reduce the cruelty of bull-fighting by a tiny fraction more. Not long ago it was decided that in large towns horses requira.d to face the bulls must be protected by padded cuirasses round their bodies. Now this is to be done in small towns as well as largo towns. The use of explosive darts to goad the bulls is henceforth forbidden. These ghastly weapons were used for bulls not considered wiki enough to give goad sport without this help! Four pairs of ordinary darts, however. may still be used on each bull. Perhaps a few' weeks hence they will be reduced to three pairs. One further regulation has been made. Bull-fighting is prohibited in rings where the audience is not sufficiently protected. A London paper ask.s “why should the audience be protected at an entertainment at which men, horses, and bulls face death for their amusement ”
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 237, 6 October 1928, Page 18 (Supplement)
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158Reducing Cruelty by Inches Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 237, 6 October 1928, Page 18 (Supplement)
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