Victory: Dangerous and Cruel Bull Run Vows Never to Return to California

“The Great Bull Run is as dangerous as it is senselessly cruel,” says PETA Foundation Deputy General Counsel Delcianna Winders. “PETA and ALDF’s victory means that bulls will be spared a stressful cross-country trip from Kentucky to California, where they’ll never again be terrorized for ‘fun.'”

“These events are extremely stressful for the bulls,” said Stephen Wells, executive director of the Animal Legal Defense Fund. “Forcing panicked animals to run like this causes unnecessary risk of injury to bulls and a public safety risk for human participants.”

During the Great Bull Run events, organizers send as many as three dozen panicked bulls barreling down a narrow track at up to 35 miles per hour, chasing participants—many of whom have been drinking alcohol. Organizers attempted to hold events in Los Angeles, Lake Elsinore, and Temecula last year, but local officials refused to issue the requisite permits out of concern for public health and safety.

The ALDF and PETA were represented by in-house counsel as well as Corey Evans of the law firm Evans & Page.


For more information, please visit ALDF.org and PETA.org.

Press Release: March 10, 2015
http://aldf.org/press-room/press-releases/victory-dangerous-and-cruel-bull-run-vows-never-to-return-to-california/

Animal Legal Defense Fund
http://aldf.org/