Maneka Gandhi wants President Obama to stay away from bull running festival of Spain

US President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit Spain in this month and Union Minister and animal rights activist Maneka Gandhi has appealed to him to refrain from attending the "Running of the Bulls" spectacle in San Fermin festival in Pamplona.
This has been reported in thestatesman.com dated 1 July 2016.

She has written a letter to the President where she has said that the US President should take a stand against such to animals and this stand would have "considerable influence". She has requested him to skip the "barbaric" event.
In her letter she has said that the 48 bulls used in the event are struck and terrorized as they slip, fall and injure themselves or human spectators on their way to a violent death in the bullring. This has been revealed by NGO People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India.
Maneka Gandhi has also pointed out that bull-fighting is an archaic display that has lost favor among Spaniards and has been banned in many parts of Spain and other countries. PETA notes that more than 100 towns and cities across Spain, as well as the entire region of Catalonia, have already banned bullfighting events.


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