Cultural festivals in many parts of the world can be cruel to one or more animals with whom the local people associate many myths and traditional values. Condors suffer this fate in Peru where a traditional celebration victimizes a condor by dragging it into bull-fighting. Donna Harrison has started the following petition on Care2 to ask the government in Peru for intervening and saving condors from cruel treatment in the name of culture:
Urge the central and local Peruvian government to stop the inhumane act of tying a condor to the back of a bull for bullfighting. Although the condor is revered in this area of the Andes, and the festival is part of a 'celebration'...the bird is forced to endure harassment before the fight as drunken festival goers attempt to pluck the bird's feathers....and it's wings and legs are easily broken as the bird tries to free itself from the bull. If it manages to escape, it likely faces death in the wild from it's injuries. The Andean condor is an endangered species. Threats to its survival should be based in it's home range. Please urge the Peruvian government to make this portion of the festival illegal and find an alternative and humane way to pay homage to the condor.
Sign the petition online at Care2 to join this cause.
Thank you!
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