Top Six Animal Payback Stories of 2010

Written by PETA

Posted 12-23-2010

34 Comments

Whether you believe in karma or payback, in 2010 we saw that for every action there is a reaction. We've rounded up the top six "Payback Is Hell" stories of 2010. It's safe to say that animals are just as tired of cruelty to animals as we are.

REFILE - UPDATING WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Spanish banderiller Pedro Muriel is gored by a bull during a bullfight at the Malagueta bullring in Malaga August 22, 2010. Banderillers are bullfighter's assistants whose role is to weaken the bull's massive neck and shoulder muscles using harpoon pointed sticks known as banderillas (little flags). Muriel was gored in the right thigh but his wound is not serious, said his manager Ignacio Gonzalez to the magazine Mundotoro. REUTERS/Jon Nazca (SPAIN - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A bull decided that he no longer wanted to be ridiculed and repeatedly stabbed with banderillas for people's entertainment, so he charged the matador and told him, "Up yours." ¡Olé!
A truck driver learned that chomping on fried pork rinds while driving can lead to a sudden impact and a near-death experience when he choked and crashed his truck into a ditch.
After shooting and butchering a pig, a man was accidentally shot when his dog stepped on the man's own rifle.
Seven people who were running intoxicated in the path of raging bulls were trampled and injured in Pamplona.
When a giraffe and an elephant revolted against their imprisonment in zoos, one zookeeper was attacked and another man died.
After being taken from his ocean home as a baby and enduring years of frustration from being confined in a tiny tank, an orca, Tilikum, struck back and killed a trainer at SeaWorld.

Written by Mirisa Roy

Tags:

pigs, SeaWorld, elephants, dogs, Tilly, payback, Pamplona, Running of the Bulls, injuries, giraffe

Recent Comments

canadar commented:

1-8-2011 12:08 AM

As much as I am appalled by how humans continue to abuse animals I think it's wrong to cheer for the death of humans just as it is to do so with animals. Many people (not all) who abuse animals are just ignorant morons rather than calculating evil doers. Our lifestyle is about compassion. And while I realise this post is meant to show ironic deaths, it's never okay to laugh at real death and suffering of another being. (by the way if you want great fictional animal revenge stories might I suggest Patricia Highsmith's collections of short stories "Animal Lover's Book of Beastly Murders".
KJ commented:

12-30-2010 11:22 AM

What comes around, goes around.
Laura in Taos commented:

12-29-2010 10:02 PM

Shameful. Bad enough that there are people who actually do the stupid things that were listed, but worse that you stoop down to their level. As a previous poster stated, this really does not help our efforts in "winning the hearts and minds" of our detractors. We have to be better than that.
VC commented:

12-29-2010 7:00 PM

Hey! JustAnotherone! have you ever been in a slaughterhouse? I eat meat too, but if you watch one of those videos-they are NOT killed humanely. Since seeing that, I'm losing my taste for meat. And don't start quoting the Bible about how animals aren't like people; They aren't - THEY'RE BETTER THAN MOST!!!!! (I also have a dog that spells better then you)
animal-lover123 commented:

12-29-2010 2:13 PM

i am also against killing animals and i think that it is wrong to kill them just for their fur. i might want to try to stop it but i dont know how anyway i really hope that every one is aware of this. i am chinese but i am totally against the people who work at the chinese fur farms aarrgg so mad
GC commented:

12-29-2010 1:29 PM

Ditto below - I think the countdown posting is a little immature. Curelty to animals extenda to all animals - including humans who are animals too - therefore last posting about the bible is a bit curious..made me think beam me up scotty...
Chelsey commented:

12-29-2010 1:25 PM

the animals killed for food are not killed humanely justanotherone. they are kept in cramped confined filthy cages and never get to experience the outdoors. they are beaten and some of them are sexually abused. doesn't sound very humane to me.
Joanie commented:

12-28-2010 7:46 PM

# "A truck driver learned that chomping on fried pork rinds while driving can lead to a sudden impact and a near-death experience when he choked and crashed his truck into a ditch."

The same thing could have happened to that driver if he was munching on carrot sticks. Will Peta finally be rejoicing if a young child accidentally chokes to death on a hot dog to prove a point that meat could kill? Shame on you!!!!!!
JustCHris commented:

12-28-2010 2:34 PM

when I was about a year old we moved to Spain. My Dad was in the Air Force and my younger brother and sister were both born there. We went to bull fights. I'm thankful that mostly all I remember from them is the parade that came before hand. I do remember other bits and pieces but thankfully nothing too gory.

It's such a shame that people think that this is a sport. it is a terrible thing to inflict on any living being. People need to find something better and more humane to do with their time.

I don't think condoning violence of any kind is right though. not to humans and not to animals. this world sees way too much violence as it is.

I understand these animals lashing out and trying to defend themselves. I don't blame them but I also don't cheer at the deaths of people.
Courtney C commented:

12-28-2010 2:12 PM

Even though I applaud animals standing up for themselves,I hate hearing people that support a cruelty free lifestyle celebrate the maiming and death of people who didn't expect the animals to retaliate.It makes people who support this organization look like they could care less about there fellow human beings.I think that people who support PETA should celebrate the people who have learned from their mistakes and go around helping animals to show that they have decided to live cruelty free lives

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