Call on Vodafone to drop bullfighting from TV advert

Please join our call on Vodafone to drop a bullfighting scene from its current "Roaming" television advert (a version of the ad broadcast on Irish television). The offensive scene shows a Vodafone character waving his hands in the air as a matador taunts a bull. Send the message "Drop bullfighting from Vodafone TV ad" to ruth.brady@vodafone.com (Consumer Marcomms Manager, Vodafone Ireland) or phone in your message to 00 353 (0)42 938 5504

Please also make a complaint about the ad to: Vittorio Colao CEO, Vodafone Group Plc Vodafone House The Connection Newbury, Berkshire RG14 2FN England

In a letter to the company, the Irish Council Against Blood Sports stated: "Matadors, like the one in the Vodafone ad, are responsible for the slow torture to death of thousands of bulls every year. Each bullfight event sees the merciless killing of six or more bulls. Horseback riders firstly weaken the bull by stabbing its body with sharp lances and then, to force it to drop its head, spears are driven into its neck muscles. The cruelty culminates with a stabbing through the heart with a sword."

Please join our appeal now! Thank you. More info at: www.banbloodsports.com

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