Corrida is a form of cruel bullfighting consisting of a fight between a man and a bull, after which the bull is usually killed. It is practiced mainly in Spain, Portugal, in the South of France, and in certain Latin American states (Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Bolivia). Despite its popularity in some areas, many people oppose bullfighting, believing it to be neither art nor culture, but barbarism. Opposition to bullfighting has manifested itself in various forms since its inception. Originally, this opposition was mainly motivated by the risks taken by the toreros. The injuries, sometimes fatal, suffered by the horses of the picadors are also still the subject of…   Read more

According to PETA, each year, more than 100 million animals - including mice, rats, frogs, dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs, monkeys, fish, and birds - are killed in U.S. laboratories for biology lessons, medical training, curiosity-driven experimentation, and chemical, drug, food, and cosmetics testing. Before their deaths, some are forced to inhale toxic fumes, others are immobilized in restraint devices for hours, some have holes drilled into their skulls, and others have their skin burned off or their spinal cords crushed. In addition to the torment of the actual experiments, animals in laboratories are deprived of everything that is natural and important to them—they…   Read more