MATADOR'S MEMOIRS SKEWERED BY BULL-LOVERS

BRITISH MATADOR'S BOOK SIGNING
CANCELLED AFTER ANIMAL RIGHTS PROTESTS

LONDON (AFP) – A 67-year-old Briton who has just made his comeback as a bullfighter in Spain has been forced to cancel book signings after protests from animal rights activists. Frank Evans, a grandfather of five known in Spain as El Ingles, returned to the bullring in southern Spain last month despite having undergone reconstructive knee surgery and a quadruple heart bypass. He has just released his autobiography, "The Last British Bullfighter," and had planned to sign copies of it for readers at branches of the Waterstones book chain in Manchester and Liverpool. But the plans were called off after protests by animal rights groups including PETA, the Born Free Foundation and the Fight Against Animal Cruelty in Europe.

Evans, who left to attend bullfighting school in Spain at the age of 22 and maintained his interest despite becoming a successful businessman, first retired as a matador in 2005. But he returned to the bullring on August 30, successfully slaying two bulls of around 500 kilogrammes (1,100 pounds) in Benalmadena, near Malaga in southern Spain. PETA spokesman said: "Bravo to Waterstone's for distancing itself from the sadistic cruelty and gore of bullfighting. There is nothing brave or admirable about anyone who participates in or pays to watch a violent spectacle in which the bull always loses", PETA spokesman said.

WHAT DO THE VEDIC TEACHINGS TELL US?

Life is also present within the nonhuman species, and it is no less qualified than the human position, but in the course of the evolutionary movement of the soul, it is thrown into such a condition as the result of karma. Wherever life is present, the soul is there within. ... Jesus told them, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." That is also good. But not only is the soul present there; God is also there, and everywhere. The lower species are also feeling pain and pleasure. In animals it is quite clear that when they are killed, they feel pain. So, there is life. The vibration of pain is there, consciousness is there, and the soul is a unit of pure consciousness.

Srila Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Maharaja:
"The Search For Sri Krsna Chapter 7 : "Do Unto Others" Includes Animals "