14 September 2006

From Today's New York Times

To the Editor:

Re “Venezuela’s Passion: Twisting the Tail of an Angry Beast” (news article, Sept. 10):

The use of animals for human entertainment is always disturbing and cruel, whether it is at a rodeo, a bullfight or the circus.

What this article describes, though, is truly horrendous. I cannot imagine the pain inflicted on this poor bull.

I hope that we as a species will realize someday that treating animals as not feeling pain has its repercussions.

In a very macho culture, this practice is surely the height of cowardice.

Who are really the angry beasts?

Nancy Correa
Wethersfield, Conn., Sept. 10, 2006

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