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Madrid. – The government of Esperanza Aguirre has ignored 51.609 signatures of support to the ILP against the bullfights, collected by the association “El Refugio” and handed in last July 20th. Although the assembly of Madrid agreed to transmit the signatures, the ILP proposal has not suceeded. Nacho Paunero, president of “El Refugio” is deeply [...]
Gard Region. – 9 of 16 municipalities that take part in the tournament for “bull killers” beginners called ‘seedling bullfighters ’ `presented the sad spectacle of adolescents of between 13 and 16 years cruelly torturing and killing calves. The suffering of the calves is prolonged and agonising since these young beginners do not have the [...]
Paris. – The spectacle ” Les belles histoires “, of the comic and author Henry-Jean Servat, programmed last November in the town of Beaucaire, near to Nimes, has been cancelled on the authority of the mayor of the town. The mayor is known for his pro bullfighting leanings and issued the ban following openly antibullfighting [...]
Frejus, France. – The Frejus bullring will not open again thanks to pressure from diverse antibullfighting groups. The decision was aided when opinion polls revealed that 78 % of the polled are against the financing of bullfights with public money and 62 % opposed to staging bullfights in their city. Finally, the mayor of Frejus, [...]
Gard, France. – The French Association “Rêves” (dreams), which devotes itself to fulfilling the dreams of children suffering serious illnesses, has rejected a donation after having found out that it originates from a bullfighting spectacle. The money was collected at a charitable bullfight organized by the Gard region delegate of this association a recognised bullfight [...]
Madrid. – Last October 6th, the Senate defeated, by 129 votes to 117 (with one abstention) the motion presented by the spokesman of the PP in the upper house, Pío García-Escudero, that the Government declares bullfighting an item of Cultural Interest and to include it in the world list of Immaterial Cultural heritage. Roberto Lerchundi, [...]
Zaragoza, Spain. – On October 1st there was held place in the Town hall of Zaragoza a plenary meeting where the proposal to declare Zaragoza an bullfighting city, to endorse bullfighting, and to urge the autonomic Executive to declare bullfights as events of Cultural Interest. Only the second point went forward, the rest have been [...]
Valencia, Spain. – A teacher of the University of Valencia, Sanchís-Guarner, resigned two weeks ago from his position as secretary of the commission of Cultural Promotion of the Valencian Council of Culture (CVC). His resignation was in protest against the request of the Counsellor of Government, Serafín Castellano, that he joined in signing the declaration [...]
Valencia, España. – Rosa Roca, veterinarian representative of the professional association of the Official School of Veterinarians of Valencia, has denounced to a newspaper the celebration that is soon due to take place in honour of the advocate for animals, patron saint of the veterinary profession and of ecologists, Saint Francis of Assisi. The event [...]
Spain.-The Spanish Socialists have supported the amendment put forward by a group of the Green party to do away with the bullfighting subsidy from the 2011 EU budget. This initiative has been criticized by the People’s Party, a member of whom, Euro MP Salvador Garriga, made sure that without the massive socialistic support, the amendment [...]
