PETA Hopes Its ‘Running of the Nudes’ Rally Will Replace Spain’s Cruel Bull Run

PETA ^ | 6/6/06 | PETA

[Fintan]

With opposition to the annual "Running of the Bulls" and the ensuing killing of the bulls in bullfights mounting throughout Spain and around the world, PETA is pulling out all the stops to recruit nude runners for its humane alternative run, the "Human Race," and the group expects more than 1,000 runners in Pamplona—double the number of people who participated in last year’s event, which grabbed headlines around the world. Vendors are selling Running of the Nudes T-shirts, and Pamplona bars have snatched up special matchbooks that read, "Run FOR the Bulls!" on the outside and have a sketch of a topless woman on the inside. The naked runners will shower the crowds of spectators with thousands of beads attached to medallions that read, "Join the Human Race—Pamplona 2006."

 

PETA’s festive event promotes a humane alternative to the cruel Running of the Bulls, where the bulls are riled into a frenzy prior to the run, using electric prods and sharp sticks, and tortured and slaughtered in the bullring afterward—every single day during the weeklong event. In bullfights, bulls are often debilitated with tranquilizers or beatings and blinded by having petroleum jelly rubbed into their eyes. Spanish opposition to bullfighting is mounting. After the Barcelona City Council declared Barcelona an anti-bullfighting city in April 2004 in an effort to eventually ban this primitive blood sport, seen by many as a shameful part of Spain’s past and not reflective of a progressive European country, other Spanish towns, including Torello, Calldetenes, and Olot—which has the second-oldest bullring in Spain—followed suit.

 

"Tormenting and butchering animals for entertainment is something straight out of the Dark Ages," says PETA President Ingrid E. Newkirk. "Tourists flocking to Pamplona are looking for a thrill, and our Running of the Nudes aims to give them just that—without harming a hair on a bull’s back."

 

For more information and to view video footage of last year’s Running of the Nudes, please visit RunningOfTheNudes.com.

 

[metmom]

I guess when food is scarce and so hard to raise, you don't waste anything. I'm glad I'm not that desperate.

[Global2010]

Uhg I do pulmonary care and have been using a new therapy "The Vest" and it brings up what I call lung fossils (you do not want the descriptive, trust me) clearing all the lobes. So the idea using that organ in cooking is quite vomit wrenching to me.

[rlmorel]

No need. I work in medicine as well.

With apologies to Scots who enjoy the dish...

Ugh.

[54-46 Was My Number]

Especially when a cowboy is trying to ride it.

That sounds pretty Brokeback Mountain.

[Global2010]

Yeah the Hetrosexual version though.

I refuse to ruin my love of Cowboys and Rodeo by seeing that movie.

[BJClinton]

I find the lack of pics on this thread disturbing.

[Tatze]

...Pamplona bars have snatched up special matchbooks that read, "Run FOR the Bulls!" on the outside and have a sketch of a topless woman on the inside.

Grabbed? No.. Bought? No... Snatched? Yes, thats the right word here!

[Global2010]

Did you "peek" at the link?

Really nice forms of human bodies.

You brought it up, maybe you should post the pics for those who enjoy the eye gander.

[PandaRosaMishima]

Actaully this might be fun, esp if you combine it with that other great Spanish festival, the Great Tomato Fight!
Naked people in public are always good for a laugh. Ever notice that it's always the ones you DON'T want to see naked, are always the first ones to disrobe?!
What say we start a Naked, or better Nekkid, Festival right here in the US? Maybe in San Francisco? call it Honey I Have Nothing to Wear????

[SunkenCiv]

If the choice is between watching bulls cruelly chase guys down through town, and watching a bunch of ugly naked people, I'll save the plane fare and FReep the day away.

[SunkenCiv]

With opposition to the annual "Running of the Bulls" and the ensuing killing of the bulls in bullfights mounting throughout Spain and around the world...

...we've decided it's time for PETA to double-check its psych-meds dosages.

[Berosus]

So, streaking is coming back in style? I'm reminded of what Jay Leno said about a nude anti-war demonstration in 2003: "Right idea, wrong president!"

More recently I heard somebody say that only a few human bodies look good enough to be seen in the nude, and unfortately those aren't the bodies on display at events like these.