Toros, Steers, Ropes, Capes, and Cowboy Boots: The Inhumane Nature of Bullfighting and Rodeos Note 1 Mid-Atlantic Journal on Law and Public Policy 2012

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1 Mid-Atlantic J. on L. & Pub. Pol'y 52 (2012)
Toros, Steers, Ropes, Capes, and Cowboy Boots: The Inhumane Nature of Bullfighting and Rodeos

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TOROs, STEERS, ROPES, CAPES, AND COWBOY BOOTS: THE INHUMANE
NATURE OF BULLFIGHTING AND RODEOS
By: Jared Kaplan*
Think occasionally of the suffering of which
you spare yourself the sight
- Albert Schweitzer'
1. IN T R O D U CT IO N ............................................................................................ . . 53
II. TORO, TORO! THE NUMEROUS INSTANCES OF ANIMAL
CRUELTY IN SPANISH BULLFIGHTS .................................................... 56
A. The Origins of Bullfighting in Spain.............................................. 56
B. The Life of a Bullfighting Bull: Dismal at Best...........................58
1. Li fe Be fore the Fi g ht ............................................................................. 5 9
2. Eventual Death in theRing ................................................................ 61
3. Horses, the Frequently Overlooked Secondary Victim of
B u ll ig h ts ................................................................................................... 6 3
C. Laws, What Laws? Bullfighting Exemptions in the Name
of Cultural Preservation, and Spain's Growing Anti-
Bullfighting Sentim ent ........................................................................ 64
1. The E.U.: Turning a Blind Eye to Spanish Bullfighting ........... 64
2. Federal Laws in Spain: Proactivefor Many Animals
Excep t for B ulls....................................................................................... 66
* This article is the recipient of the David S. Farve Best Student Note
Award, which is awarded once for each Volume of the Journal. It is
accompanied by a monetary honorarium, and a limited edition, signed copy
of Professor Farve's Animal Law Book published by Aspen Publishers/
Wolters Kluwer. The book contains a personal congratulatory note from
Professor Farve to the author.
*L.L.M. candidate, New York University School of Law (expected 2013);
L.L.M. candidate, National University of Singapore Faculty of Law (expected
2013); J.D., cum laude, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of
Law, 2012; B.S., Cornell University, 2009.
1 Ethan Smith and Guy Dauncey, Building an Ark: 101 Solutions to Animal
Suffering (2007), 60.

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