Preventing bullfights in China

Portugal. – The Animal organization, of Portugal, together with Cas International, and the United Kingdom League against Cruel Sports has called for the Chinese government and to the officials of the city of Beijing, to forbid the introduction of bullfighting and any activity related to the bullfight world in their country. A part of the Spanish industry, headed by the bull killer Manolo Sánchez, is trying to introduce bullfighting in China. A project has been broached that proposes the building of a permanent bullring in the city of Beijing. The promoters of this initiative want to try to organise at least 16 bullfights per year in the period between June and September. It is not the first attempt to introduce this bloody activity in other countries, though it is the strongest to date. The bullfighting industry is in crisis in Europe and Latin America, due to the severe economic difficulties derived from the social and political opposition to this practice in the whole world. Many promoters of bullfights try to export bullfights to other countries like, in this case, China where bullfights have never before existed, in a desperate attempt to save this crippled industry.