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Madrid, February 8th, 2012. – Joan Josep Nuet ICV-EUiA, deputy and member of the Plural Left parliamentary group, has put a question to the table of the House of Representatives. Deputy Nuet asks for a written response from the government, following the appearance of the Minister of Education, Culture and Sports, José Ignacio Wert, before [...]
February 2012. – USA Today, the second best selling daily in the United States, has interviewed Marta Esteban, president of the Platform “Torture is not Culture”. The interview discussed the appearance of the Minister of Culture before the Culture Committee of the Congress where he announced that the government will promote and encourage bullfighting as [...]
Camarles (Tarragona, Spain), December 2011. Under the provisions of law 34/2010 of correbous (festivals where, among other practices, bulls have flaming torches attached to their horns), adopted in September 2010, the Catalan government has authorized the the staging of another two bulls of fire, – the most cruel form of correbous- and two encierrros (running [...]
Madrid, November 2011- Simón Casas and Antonio Matilla, bullfighting entrepreneurs, have decided to join together as partners to manage the Madrid bullring “Las Ventas”. Bullfight supporters recognize the bad time bullfighting is having, which is why the President of Taurodelta, José Antonio Martinez Urando, has stated that “the bullfighting clases cannot be allowed the luxury [...]
November 2011. –The numbers are not adding up in the world of bullfighting where the financial crisis is taking its toll on the evil so-called “celebrations” of bullfighting. In 2011 more than 53 per cent of events have been suspended compared to the previous year. Looking further back, 2007 saw 2.4 times as many bullfights [...]
Barcelona, September 2011 .- Thanks to the huge number of people who have said a resounding NO to this barbaric tradition, we are delighted to be able to say that Catalonia has abolished bullfighting. Antibullfighting supportersgathered outside the gates of the Monumental bullring carrying banners saying “goodbye and good riddance” and other such slogans. There [...]
Madrid, September 2011 .- In Las Ventas the President of the Federation of Bullfighting associations Luis Gibert presented a new action to promote the petition in favor of the pro bullfighting Popular Legislative Iniciative ILP. So far they have collected 300,000 signatures – 500,000 are needed . It would seem that teh Fedration has seen [...]
Canals, Valencia. September 2011 .- According to the website of the town of Canals, Valencia, The bull Ratón (which translates as mouse) is due to perform at the town festival on the 24th September. Last Saturday, at the festival in Xativa, this bull killed a minor. This child was his third victim in the last [...]
Tordesillas (Valladolid), September 2011 – This year, more than five hundred animal defenders met in Tordesillas to protest against the macabre festival of Toro de la Vega, where bulls are chased and speared to death. Animal advocates have organized the campaign “break a lance” to collect signatures and submit them to the territorial delegate of [...]
Amposta, Tarragona, September 2011 .- Anti-bullfighting associations and organizations have begun to gather evidence of illegal ill treatment of bulls forced to participate in the running of the bulls. The evidence will include flim footage of bulls being kicked and punched that Aida Gascon, Director of Anima Naturalis in Spain and PACMA delegate maintains is [...]
