Happy slaughter ritual participants
After writing the blog (http://thewordwright.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/2010-soccer-world-cup-animal-sacrifice-planned/) yesterday on the planned ritual slaying of cows by South Africa in lieu of the 2010 Soccer World Cup, a few things kept lingering in my mind. So, I decided to put them in writing today:
One: The bloodthirsty throat slitting – or rather throat hacking – of sacrificial cows are not the worst ceremonies these animals are subjected to in this country. There are some rituals where a bull would be killed with bare hands (obviously the poor animal would be tied down). This involves gouging out his eyes, tongue, testicles and tearing his throat open. As you can imagine the latter takes a while to achieve. Cattle hide is rather tough. And YES. These heinous acts are all perpetrated to celebrate spirituality! ???????
Two: The SPCA is suddenly being referred to as if they could be the potential saviours of cows while, in real every day South African life, they – in a s far as I know – NEVER get involved with any of the so-called ‘cultural’ animal killings. On the one hand, it simply would not be politically correct. (And I am saying the latter with a good measure of sarcasm.) On the other hand, and in all fairness, it could also be very dangerous for the inspectors to try this. Chances are good that the gathering could turn on them – and this could end up in grievous bodily harm or even death. Africa is not for the fainthearted. (No, I am not exaggerating – read the SA newspapers)
Three: The number of cows earmarked for death by suffering to celebrate the 2010 Soccer World Cup is, compared to the number of cow (and bull and goat and chicken) sacrifices in South Africa, like a single cup of water out of a great big seething cesspool of a dam. When you take all of Africa into account, the dam becomes a polluted ocean.
The petition (http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Stop-2010-World-Cup-Animal-Sacrifice) I launched on Saturday night (GMT+2) in an attempt to stop the ritual killing of cows at each of the ten stadiums to be used for the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup is standing at 195 signatories at the time of this writing. We are still 49,805 signatures away from our target.
The petition will be submitted to the FIFA Executive committee and the South African 2010 FIFA World Cup Local Organising Committee. I believe that if we have enough support, if the media gives the matter sufficient attention and if animal rights organisations internationally endorse the campaign against the planned 2010 World Cup Animal Sacrifice Rituals, it can be stopped.
For now it is work in progress.
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i feel badly for the cows and im a south african women. if its not necessary i hope they wont do it.
Well this is barbaric, listen I am all for keeping our cultural traditions( I am from Peru) but we must not keep traditions that slaughter, hurts and/or maims any animal . People we live in the 21 Century! Thi is not the Stone Age!
I love Furbo(lsoccer) with a passion and every four years in august that’s all I do. I breath, sleep & eat soccer 24/7, but I will not support the 2010 world cup if any animals are slaughtered or hurt . NO WAY!
I won’t even make an attempt to mince my words. These creatures are so barbaric! They imagine that they are superior to the animals they kill, but in actual fact the animals are way above the savages that murder them as even an animal is able to feel compassion.
I don’t care if it is part of their tradition. Any tradition that involves cruelty of any sort should be scrapped. We are not living in the dark ages.
I am not proud to be South African, in fact I am ashamed.