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Held every year in the village of Sabucedo, Spain “La Rapa Das Bestas“, as the Spanish call it, is a 400-year-old festival where horses that are caught in the hills are rounded up and guided into an arena of sorts called the Corral of Sabucedo, where they are sheared and branded.
This year’s festival was held on July 5 and, as you can see, it’s very very brutal. I am old for the preservation of old traditions and customs but I truly believe this “festival” should be banned. I mean just look at what they are doing to the poor animals, they jump on them, grab them by whatever they can and try to immobilize them to cut their tales and tag them. This is medieval stuff!















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Jenny









July 23, 2008
I believe in passing on traditions but this one is way out of control. The brutality shown in these pictures toward these horses is not necessary. In today’s modern world we must ask ourselves why the fuck do we do this shit still….
August 7, 2008
I totally agree. Horses being a very sensitive animal would make this like torture.
August 8, 2008
That is really awful. There is a way to do this without all the man-handling. The US does it to their mustangs all the time.