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1 Mid-Atlantic J. on L. & Pub. Pol'y 52 (2012)
Toros, Steers, Ropes, Capes, and Cowboy Boots: The Inhumane Nature of Bullfighting and Rodeos

handle is hein.journals/midatlapp1 and id is 57 raw text is: NOTES TOROs, STEERS, ROPES, CAPES, AND COWBOY BOOTS: THE INHUMANE NATURE OF BULLFIGHTING AND RODEOS By: Jared Kaplan* Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight - Albert Schweitzer' 1. IN T R O D U CT IO N ............................................................................................ . . 53 II. TORO, TORO! THE NUMEROUS INSTANCES OF ANIMAL CRUELTY IN SPANISH BULLFIGHTS .................................................... 56 A. The Origins of Bullfighting in Spain.............................................. 56 B. The Life of a Bullfighting Bull: Dismal at Best...........................58 1. Li fe Be fore the Fi g ht ............................................................................. 5 9 2. Eventual Death in theRing ................................................................ 61 3. Horses, the Frequently Overlooked Secondary Victim of B u ll ig h ts ................................................................................................... 6 3 C. Laws, What Laws? Bullfighting Exemptions in the Name of Cultural Preservation, and Spain's Growing Anti- Bullfighting Sentim ent ........................................................................ 64 1. The E.U.: Turning a Blind Eye to Spanish Bullfighting ........... 64 2. Federal Laws in Spain: Proactivefor Many Animals Excep t for B ulls....................................................................................... 66 * This article is the recipient of the David S. Farve Best Student Note Award, which is awarded once for each Volume of the Journal. It is accompanied by a monetary honorarium, and a limited edition, signed copy of Professor Farve's Animal Law Book published by Aspen Publishers/ Wolters Kluwer. The book contains a personal congratulatory note from Professor Farve to the author. *L.L.M. candidate, New York University School of Law (expected 2013); L.L.M. candidate, National University of Singapore Faculty of Law (expected 2013); J.D., cum laude, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, 2012; B.S., Cornell University, 2009. 1 Ethan Smith and Guy Dauncey, Building an Ark: 101 Solutions to Animal Suffering (2007), 60. 52

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