The vegetarian bullfighter
Álvaro Múnera was once “El Pilarico” the star bullfighter.
Then in 1984, he was gored by a bull which left him confined to a wheelchair. Today he’s a staunch animal rights defender and works to have bullfighting banned.
He tells host Jonathan Groubert about his bullfighting career, the attack that changed his life, his recuperation, the woman who called him a murderer and how he became an anti-bullfighting campaigner.
This story was taken from the latest edition of The State We’re In Beasts of burden
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Álvaro Munera, ex-torero colombià, a favor de la ILP Prou!
This is not the way I’d want anybody to figure out that animals are somebody. Of course, more people listened to him, because of what happened. Still, it is better to look into an animal’s eyes, say, “Hello”, and realize that you have a friend
Maybe he will wake people to realize some traditions are barbaric and need to be forgotten!
In the award-winning documentary THE WITNESS, Eddie Lama explains how he feared and avoided animals for most of his life, until the love of a kitten opened his heart, inspiring him to rescue abandoned animals and bring his message of compassion to the streets of New York.THE WITNESS has been an official selection in 31 film festivals and received ten awards, including eight Best Documentary awards, a Best Short Film award, and a Best of Festival award.The documentary has also been broadcast as part of the independent film showcases of several regional PBS stations, and via satellite on Link TV and Free Speech TV.