Bullfighting, no longer an art form

One part of the Spanish population loves bullfighting. They enjoy seeing this “art”. They consider it as an essential part of their culture. They think Spain wouldn’t be anything without it; but, how can they love killing an animal?

Since the 18^th century, Spain has taken the tradition of bullfighting. It was taken from the tradition of the cult and sacrifice to the bulls. However, Spanish people took it wrongly. They started enjoying it, when in the first place it was not for having fun. Therefore, they took this practise to different countries, spreading the torture.

Bulls have never been aggressive animals. They have been bred to form part of a show that may satisfy people’s thirst of entertainment. As with every single animal, if you don’t make them angry, they won’t face you; but we have modified them so much, that they don’t even need anger.

In every Spanish celebration, a bullfight is present. The government has to be aware of the cruelness of this feast. For example, in Medinaceli, Soria, the bull runs through the town with the horns burning. They have to forbid these practices in every territory. Fortunately, some areas have started prohibiting it, but it is not enough. It needs to be banned not only in some areas, but everywhere.

For all these reasons, we have to fight. We have to fight to make these awful traditions change. We have to show everyone who is in favour of killing this animal that it is unfair. We have to show them that if they want to continue with this “art”, the bull and bullfighter should be in the same conditions. We have to end with this “art”. We really need it, and we have to do it as quick as possible.

Persecuting Marsupials

Marsupials are usually known because of their adorable and hugable faces, at least some of them. They are often found in Australia and the surrounding islands. However we can also see them in South America and in Madagascar. Marsupials are slightly weird mammals, you'll see.

There are many species in the marsupial family. I´m going to tell you about the types that exist in the place with most marsupials over the world, Australia, just for you to see that not only koalas and kangaroos live there. We can find four groups of marsupials. The first is the group of the kangaroos and its derivatives (Macropodidae), in second place is a kind of opossum group, although not similar to the ones in North America (Diprodontia). Thirdly the group that includes little insect eaters, the cool group (Dasyuridae) . And finally, to end with Australian marsupial groups, the last that includes the Bandictus (Paramelidae).

Now I´m going to tell you about my favorite marsupial, the koala, I know that the kangaroo is also great but koalas can sleep for 20 hours, who doesn't want to be a koala? The koala is a herbivore mammal from Australia. Koalas are also called Koala bear, but they have nothing in relation with bears, I don´t know if I have mention that they are marsupials. The koala is not a endangered specie although recently, the population has highly decreased. This is due to the destruction of their habitat, nothing new. The construction of roads and diseases are ending the lives of these furry sleepyheads.

Cars

We hear everyday about pollution on TV, they say that we have very old cars, they say that they pollute a lot, they say we are responsible for global warming, they say bla, bla....

Now, we can check how responsible we are. If we look at the technical data of our car, we will see that it is under a legislation of contamination, probably Euro 3, Euro 4 or Euro 5. These are all different legislation done by the EU, which is against pollution and which require manufacturers to include in their cars a lot of things that lessen polluting. EGR, DPF and catalyst are the best-known ones. They “help” to pollute “less”, that is right. But how do all these affect the pollution of the world and “global warming”. Just 0,0000000001% Why? Simple, because cars are the ones which represent the smallest part of pollution around the world. And just an example, did you know that a single flight between Madrid and Berlin pollutes more than all the cars in Europe in a whole year? Why do we have to suffer all the problems these filters cause? For example, when DPF gets old, we usually have to get it cleaned, by 3 months and the price is €200 each time... And if we need to replace it, we will need €1000 or maybe more!! But, maybe the problem is not our car… Still, we have to suffer for it.

OK, OK, you will say, but on TV they are saying all the time that we are the most responsible for global warming. It is said in the news, it is also said by the government... And what is the government offering now? The “PIVE”. It is an economic assistance to buy new cars that pollute less. That is good, we will get our new car cheaper, and we give them our old car... False!! What they want is that we buy new cars to improve the economy and that we buy and buy, because they also get taxes from us!!!

Apart from all that we have seen, we also see advertisements, advertisements which say that all these new cars pollute less than the ones we own now, advertisements which offer hybrid cars, with very few electric range. Electric cars, which requires a new electrical installation in your garage, still need fuel to work, because they just have a 50 km range, or maybe 100 km. This is OK if we are driving through the city, because with 50 km it is enough, therefore, we don't pollute. But, is this real?? No, it isn't. Although Spain is one of the nations with more renewable energies working, most of our electricity comes from non-renewable resources, and the most important here are nuclear and thermal power. Is nuclear power clean? The one whose waste doesn't disappear for thousands of years, the one that was used for atomic bombs, the one that can potentially kill animals, people, the one which can cause damage to normal people??? Or maybe thermal power? Most of it comes from natural gas and... Gas-oil!! But, is it the same gas-oil that we put into our cars? No, it isn't, it is the worst gas-oil, the cheapest, the one with more waste!! And apart from being the worst gas-oil, does it have DPF, EGR or catalyst? No, it doesn't!!!

I think that it is time to open our eyes!! I think that it is time to think about we think!! I think it is time to research!! I think we can make this world better, but all together!!