Animal Rights Activist Jumps in Ring to Comfort Dying Bull

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In order to comfort a dying bull, a selfless animal rights activist jumped into a bullfighting ring in Malaga, Spain on August 14.

Virginia Ruiz says her intention was to merely film the cruelty in the Malagueta bullfighting ring. However, when she heard the bull cry out in pain, she jumped into action.

“Because I was walking, not running, they [the crowd] didn’t yet realize I am an activist until I got very close to the bull,” Ruiz told the Examiner. “He was still alive before they could do the final stabbing with the small knife in the back of the neck. He was crying, he tried looking at the people.”

It may have been only for a few moments, but Ruiz was able to lay her body over the bull in the ring and give him some comfort before arena officials and fans violently hauled her away.

“I could hear him crying in pain and I jumped down, walked across the ring to where he lay dying,” said Ruiz. “He looked at me and I believe he felt my energy. I wanted to give him love before he left this earth.”

However, the crowd was not pleased with Ruiz’s loving action. The crowd yelled “fuera!” (get out) in unison as she was pulled off the bull. “They called me names,” said Ruiz. “They kicked me, they spit on me, they told me to go back to the kitchen and they called me a whore.”

The bull was eventually stabbed to death.

Ruiz, who has been an anti-bullfighting activist since 2008, said there were at most, only 1500 people in the ring despite the event’s free admission. We suppose that might be a sign that the despicable act is waning in popularity in Spain where bullfighting is considered “a cultural heritage event.”

According to HSI, 250,000 bulls are killed in bullfights each year. “The animals are stabbed multiple times before suffering slow, agonizing deaths in front of an audience, including children…Bullfights are not ‘fair fights’ between a bull and a matador, but highly staged forms of animal cruelty, sanctioned and subsidized by governments.”

Even though she faces fines totalling nearly $7,000, Ruiz has no regrets. “I feel I was doing the right thing,” she said. “He knew I was fighting for his rights.”

We applaud Ruiz for her brave efforts. We only hope that the Spanish government finally puts an end bullfighting.

Via The Examiner

Photo: Virginia Ruiz