USA: That's bull

Animal rights group Equanimal thinks bullfighting equals bullshit, and to show they mean business, they’re taking their clothes off and protesting today in Lower Manhattan

11 December 2009

Members of the Spanish-based organization concerned with the exploitation of animals are exploiting their own nearly naked bodies to attract media and public attention to the growing popularity of bullfighting both in America and amongst American tourists overseas.

The protest is taking place in front of the Charging Bull—the bronze sculpture symbolizing Wall Street on its better days—in Bowling Green Park today at noon. In an attempt to debunk the romanticized image of the matador and his cape and show the bloody reality of bullfighting, three activists from the organization, two women and one man, clad only in tiny pieces of underwear, will play the role of bulls in bullfights to demonstrate the injuries inflicted on the animals in the ring....

Source: Animal rights group Equanimal thinks bullfighting equals bullshit