Quito (Ecuador) November 2012. – The company that organizes the Feria de Quito has decided to suspend it “because of the current climate of controversy, threats and opposition that exist in the city.” They claim they want to avoid “confrontation” with the anti-bullfighting supporters. Nonetheless, in a letter to the Municipality of Quito, they recognize [...]
27-11-2012 / News of Latin American ,Number 43
Panama bans bullfighting
Panama. November 18, 2012. – Panama’s President Ricardo Martinelli has finally ratified the Law 70 for the Protection of Animals that he vetoed in April. With the new law Spanish and Portuguese-style bullfights will be banned, as well as dog fighting, animal experimentation for cosmetic purposes and the sale of animals on public roads.
Nimes (France), November 2012. – The entrepreneur of Nimes bullring, Simon Casas, has been giving since 2011 a reduced VAT rate of 5.5% in the bullfights he organized, instead of the compulsory 19.6% , paying out the difference (14.1%) from his own pocket. This practice has been denounced by the Anti Corrida Alliance which finds [...]
27-11-2012 / News of France ,Number 43
Breeder convicted of animal cruelty
Nimes (France), November 2012. – The French Justice system has imposed a heavy fine on a breeder from Vassas ranch for mistreating his bulls. He was found to have not provided food or water to the animals and to have left them in a place considered hazardous. In March 2011, following a complaint from animal [...]
22-10-2012 / News of France ,Number 43
Anti-bullfighting demonstrations in Paris, Nimes and Toulouse
France, October 20, 2012. -. Several hundred anti-bullfighting demonstrators protested against the decision of the French Contitutional Court to maintain bullfighting in some southern cities. The three demos took place simultaneously in Paris, Nimes and Toulouse, under different slogans “Torture is not our culture” , “the death of an animal is not a show”, “Bullfights?, [...]
Paris, September 21, 2012. – Could not be. The France Constitutional Court stated that bullfights are legal under the Penal Code : bullfights will be continued to be allowed in the cities which have had an uninterrupted bullfighting tradition. The association “CRAC Europe”, which drove the demand to the top Court, said that “there has [...]
Dax (France). – On October 14th, the city of Dax had planned to held a bullfight with the excuse that the event would raise funds for ‘Emaus’, a secular charity devoted to helping the poor. However animal defenders, led by Alliance Anti Corrida through emails, social networks and a petition on Change.org digital platform, mobilized [...]
20-09-2012 / News of Spain ,Number 43
Shameful support to bullfighting
Toro (Zamora) in August 2012. – While nobody questions the work of Caritas, the Catholic Charity, in helping the poorest in society, it is morally unacceptable that this charity cooperates with some municipalities which organize bullfighting events to raise funds for them. This time it was the town of Toro (Zamora) that held a fight [...]
Bogotà (Colombia), 31 August, 2012. – The mayor of Bogota, Gustavo Petro, despite having stated that he wanted no more bullfights in his municipality, proposed to the bullfighting corporation a “compromise” to continue holding bullfights but without death of the bull. His proposed compromise would have done away with the pike, the banderillas (sticks) and [...]
30-08-2012 / News of Spain ,Number 43
Death at the “correbous”
La Cava, Deltebre, August 16, 2012. A 44 year old man died when a charging bull brought down the protective fence during a bull running event or correbous. The mayor of La Cava, Gervasi Aspa, said that preparations for the correbous met the highest standards of safety and certainly this fatal accident is due to [...]
