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 [...]
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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 [...]
Paris, July 2012. – Socialist deputy, Geneviève Gaillard, President of the Group for the protection of animals at the National Assembly, will submit a new proposal for a law intended the prohibition of any abuse and cruelty to animals, without exception. The socialist party is presently the majority party in France and the proposal is [...]
18-07-2012 / News of France ,Number 43
Beef of tortured bulls for the poor
Tarascon, in July 2012. – Two Tarascon slaughterhouses in southern France, will offer the 6 bulls killed during a bull run to the Food Bank. This move is proposed despite a major controversy and protest coordinated by major French media organizations and the protests of anti-bullfighting associations. Food Bank officials have said they are delighted [...]
05-06-2012 / News of France ,Number 42
The French arenas not filling up
May 2012. – Bullfighting supporters shun bullfights. This is the headline of the article published in the daily newspaper ‘20 Minutes’ in France. The number of people who attend bullfights in the seven major French bullfighting cities is decreasing year after year. To offset their losses, entrepreneurs have decided to lower the bullkillers fees and [...]
05-06-2012 / News of France ,Number 42
French Celebrities and bullfighting
France, May 2012. – The unpopularity of bullfighting among French citizens, along with the growing anti-bullfighting movement has persuaded celebrities to think about their image and move away from the bullfighting milieu. A few years ago, French politicians and show business stars, had no qualms at being seen in the front rows and even in [...]
05-06-2012 / News of France ,Number 42
No more bullfighting news in “Libération”
May 2012. – The French newspaper Libération has decided to do away with the page dedicated to bullfighting in its publication. This page was started in 1987 and will disappear forever on 1 July 2012. Libération have not given the exact reasons for the change but, whatever their rationale, the decision represents a significant blow [...]
