Animal Guardians: Bullfighting in Spain

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An Introduction to Bullfighting in Spain
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Take Action on Behalf of Bulls Killed for Entertainment
Next September 16 Madrid will dress in white and green. The demonstration will start at 17:00 with a symbolic act in the Puerta del Sol, in homage to all the animals that have been tortured … Read More
The date of the demonstration is May 13, 2017, and it will consist of a walk in the center of Madrid and the presence of a scenario in Madrid’s Puerta de Sol, center of Spain … Read More
Bullfighting is a violent tradition that is unfortunately still around today. About 1,000 bulls are killed each year due to these barbaric fights. However, things have taken a turn for the worse. In Valmojado, Spain, … Read More
The “Toro de la Vega” is a medieval bull festival celebrated in the town of Tordesillas (province of Valladolid, Spain). The tournament consists of – depending on the sources – the fight, hunt, or chase … Read More
Numerous actions are available at the Animal Liberation Front web site. Though some of the campaigns are outdated, many are still viable, unfortunately. Please visit the ALF site and take the actions that have been … Read More
On its website, the company says that Plaza Monumental de las Ventas is “the international centre of bullfighting” and that those who go on the tour “will discover a place which is emblematic of the … Read More
Bullfighting involves horrendous cruelty to animals. Bulls are painfully tortured with lances and spiked spears before the bleeding and wounded creatures are killed with a sword into the heart. As a grisly trophy for the … Read More
Showing Animals Respect & Kindness (SHARK) lists numerous ways you can help end bullfighting. Visit this page and follow the suggestions about you can lend your voice to end the cruelty of the so-called bullfight … Read More
The International Red Antitauromaquia is a communication platform for members of the anti-bullfighting movement in the world. It allows constructive discussions, shared experiences, positive dialogue, and strategic thought, to facilitate individual and collective work towards … Read More
Platform Torture is Not Culture and International Network Antitauromaquia launch a campaign of unpublished images showing what happens to bulls in bullfights. A report by the Veterinary Association of bullfighting Abolitionists about suffering and fate … Read More
Should be animal cruelty become a world’s cultural heritage like the attractions of the Terracotta Warriors in China? We, the undersigned, believe that Spanish bullfighting should NOT be given under UNESCO protection. You have the … Read More
Bullfighting is not a fight at all. It’s a systematic torture killing that pits a gang of armed thugs against a lone, frightened, and wounded animal. Bullfighting is the most indefensible type of animal abuse. … Read More
Ferias of Nimes festivals in France are held twice a year and last for 5 days. They centre around bullfighting (the corrida) and are held in celebration of the bull and its fighting spirit. Throughout … Read More
There are increasing numbers of animal cruelty cases and people who come across badly treated animals often don’t know how to make an official complaint (denuncia) to the police. Seprona, the environmental arm of the … Read More
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News and Noteworthy About Bullfighting in Spain
Next September 16 Madrid will dress in white and green. The demonstration will start at 17:00 with a symbolic act in the Puerta del Sol, in homage to all the animals that have been tortured … Read More
A Spanish province is bringing in laws aimed at eliminating bullfighting by the back door despite opposition from the country’s government and constitutional court in Madrid, which has ruled that the practice is a protected … Read More
Two bulls were instantly killed as they clashed heads in a Spanish bullfighting arena. Shocking footage captured the freak accident which saw the two half-ton creatures collide at high speed in front of crowds in … Read More
Thousands of Spaniards took to the streets of Madrid on Saturday to demand an end to the centuries-old but controversial tradition of bullfighting. The protest came after the anti-bullfighting lobby successfully managed to obtain a … Read More
Matador Andres Roca Rey – aged just 19 from Peru – had been back on his feet for only a few days after being knocked unconscious during an earlier event. And amazingly Rey has already … Read More
Bullfighting is a violent tradition that is unfortunately still around today. About 1,000 bulls are killed each year due to these barbaric fights. However, things have taken a turn for the worse. In Valmojado, Spain, … Read More
A well-known matador has been killed during a bullfight in eastern Spain, the first such incident to occur in the country this century. The fight was taking place at the festival Feria del Angel in … Read More
Animal rights campaigners claimed a “historic” victory in Spain on Tuesday when the region of Castile & Leon banned the Toro de la Vega festival, in which men compete to spear a bull to death. … Read More
The southern Mediterranean city of Valencia has banned a longtime tradition in which bulls are set loose on neighborhood streets with flaming balls of wax or fireworks affixed to their horns. Mayor Joan Ribo cited … Read More
Animal rights activists won a partial victory in a decadelong campaign on Thursday when a Spanish region banned the killing of bulls in a notorious ritual in which thousands of people each year chase a … Read More
As matadors face half-ton bulls this month during Madrid’s most important annual series of bullfights and Pamplona gears up for its chaotic July bull runs down cobblestoned streets, tensions are building between anti-bullfighting forces and … Read More
Fourteen works by Iranian painter Ramin Hafizi are on display at the exhibition entitled “Toward a Wild Beginning”. Speaking to the Persian service of ILNA, Hafizi called bullfighting scenes irritating and said, “We live in … Read More
As Mexican matador El Zotoluco danced around a bull at the Plaza Monumental bullring in Tijuana, spectators roared with appreciation for his final performance at the arena. The popular bullfighter will retire this year and … Read More
This weekend marks the climax of Las Fallas, the annual festivities in the Mediterranean city of Valencia made famous by the giant papier-mâché puppets of famous personalities which are paraded through the streets before being … Read More
Spain’s fiesta nacional is on the ropes. This week, the mayor of Valencia — Spain’s third-largest city — floated that he might support a Portuguese-style of bullfighting that doesn’t end with the matador killing el … Read More
Sharon Townsend, 41, formerly of Eardley Road, wants people across Bexley to create banners and send snaps of them being waved from March 8 onwards — in demonstration against the dangerous games. She is also … Read More
The little girl was sitting with her family, making her way through a bag of crisps. It was Sunday afternoon in Ajalvir. The planes from nearby Madrid airport flew above her in the clear skies … Read More
Lawmakers of the Balearic Islands, an autonomous division of Spain have voted in favour of a proposal to introduce a ban on bullfighting and animal fiestas. As reported by the Human Society International in a … Read More
A family business in Spain has reluctantly changed the name of its famous El Toro Vega biscuits after customers threatened to boycott the product named after a highly controversial bull lancing event. “Unfair” but the … Read More
The Suedehead singer is currently on tour in South America and took the opportunity to address the issue ahead of a scheduled concert in Peru’s capital Lima. The outspoken animal rights campaigner branded the bloodsport … Read More
A Valencian town has voted “no” to festivities featuring bulls at the first local referendum to be held on the subject since the regional and local elections of May shifted power to the political left. … Read More
A video captured by Humane Society International (HSI) shows the brutal killing of a bull in Spain at controversial festival, the Toro de la Vega fiesta. The group condemned Tuesday’s killing of the bull, named … Read More
Men on horseback have chased down a bull and speared it to death during the annual Toro de la Vega festival reviled by animal rights activists who turned out by the hundreds to protest the … Read More
Animal welfare campaigners have welcomed a vote by the European Parliament against taxpayer subsidies being paid towards bullfighting. Some 438 MEPs voted in favour of an amendment against payouts which campaigners say are worth over … Read More
Spain has come under fierce criticism from animal rights groups after its education ministry announced a new policy to teach bullfighting in schools. The controversial plans, which were approved by Spain’s conservative government ahead of … Read More
A 66-year-old Spaniard died after being gored in the chest by a bull in a village festival in the Spanish province of Segovia, bringing the number of deaths by gorings in summer street festivities this … Read More
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Facts About Spain’s Bullfighting
The Donkey Sanctuary has been strongly campaigning to end the use of a donkey in the Peropalo festival in Villanueva de la Vera, Spain since 1986. This tradition centres around a donkey being taken through … Read More
Bullfighting is heavily subsidized both by funds from the Spanish administrations and by European funds. Without such backing, this recreational activity would probably be on the brink of financial collapse and unable to subsist. We … Read More
All the bulls that run in the streets of Pamplona during the “encierros” from 7th to 14th July, are killed that same evening in a bullfight on behalf of San Fermin and his traditional “Fiesta”. … Read More
In Spain according to the numbers of the Ministry of Interior there are 43 registered bullfighting schools. All these schools are subsidized by the Autonomic Regions, local authorities, etc. For example the region of Andalucia … Read More
It seems hard to believe that in this so-called civilised age, a most vicious and cruel spectacle of blood continues to flourish in Spain and certain other countries. Bullfighting is barbaric and should have been … Read More
The annual “Fiestas Mayores” in Tordesillas take place in the second week of September. The “fiestas” or “feast days” are in honour of the patron Saint of the town and surrounding area, Our Lady, the … Read More
The Valencian town of Dénia works itself up into a frenzy for the much-anticipated Toros/Bous a la Mar. This atavistic idiotcy is staged annually to commemorate the Day of the Sacred Blood of Our Lord … Read More
One of Spain’s worst “festivals” of animal cruelty takes place in the village of Coria. A bull is forced to run for hours through the streets while villagers taunt the animal and throw darts at … Read More
This particular savagery consists of putting balls of pitch on both the horns of multiple bulls and then setting fire to the balls. The bulls are then released on the streets. These balls burn for … Read More
Marcos held aloft the bloodsoaked bull’s ears and bowed deeply to the crowd. Moments earlier he’d sliced them off the young bull, which now lay on one side, blood pooling beneath him. But the poor … Read More
Each year, the second Tuesday of September, the town of Tordesillas (in Valladolid, Spain) is host to a horrific fiesta known as “El Toro de la Vega.” The festival begins with the release of a … Read More
The annual “Fiestas Mayores” in Tordesillas take place in the second week of September. The “fiestas” or “feast days” are in honour of the patron Saint of the town and surrounding area, Our Lady, the … Read More
The “Toro de la Vega” is a medieval bull festival celebrated in the town of Tordesillas (province of Valladolid, Spain). The tournament consists of – depending on the sources – the fight, hunt, or chase … Read More
It seems hard to believe that in this so-called civilised age, a most vicious and cruel spectacle of blood continues to flourish in Spain and certain other countries. Bullfighting is barbaric and should have been … Read More
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Articles and Commentary About Spain’s Bullfighting
The scenes are shot from the bull’s perspective. The camera focuses on the animal, and it is very explicit: there are close-ups of blood, spasms, vomit, drool, urine and feces brought on by the pain … Read More
Balearians have been quite cunning with this one. On Monday, July 24, 2017, the Parliament of the Balearic Islands, a devolved nation within Spain in the Mediterranean Sea which includes Majorca, Menorca and Ibiza, passed … Read More
Fourteen works by Iranian painter Ramin Hafizi are on display at the exhibition entitled “Toward a Wild Beginning”. Speaking to the Persian service of ILNA, Hafizi called bullfighting scenes irritating and said, “We live in … Read More
A 41-year-old beverage distributor who was convicted of beating his racehorse to death became the first person in Spain to go to jail on animal cruelty charges as the law toughens up punishments. In a … Read More
Spain is the third largest of the European countries and, without question, one of the most beautiful on the vast continent. From the surreal architecture of Antonio Gaudi in Barcelona to the stunning Moorish palaces … Read More
The producers of Blancanieves, a silent, black and white version of Snow White which was Spain’s nomination for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2013 Academy Awards, could be in trouble over the filming of … Read More
“Long Live the Virgin of El Rocío!” Not the first words that would occur to me if I were the recipient of a 25cm abdominal goring that reached my spine – one of the many … Read More
This summer, 12 families have lost loved ones to bullfights or bull runs. These individuals were gored to death, and in each case it was entirely preventable. Others have been maimed or otherwise injured but … Read More
- LEGISLATION
Spain is divided into 17 autonomous communities, which in turn are divided into 50 provinces. There are also two autonomous cities: those of Ceuta and Melilla. Finally, each province comprises a number of municipalities. Each … Read More
Law 32/2007, of 7th November for the care of animals during their exploitation, transport, experimentation and sacrifice. The law is composed of a Preamble and is structured in three titles, and is completed by an … Read More
Bullfighting was banned in the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia by a vote of the Catalan Parliament in July 2010. The ban came into effect on 1 January 2012. The last bullfight in the region … Read More
There is a well-structured system of laws for animal protection and welfare in Spain. On the one hand, the central government is responsible for the laws related to wildlife protection, sanctions for animal abuse at … Read More
On a national level, the Spanish Animal Welfare Act 32/2007 provides framework legislation concerning animal welfare and the offences and penalties for non-compliance. However, the scope of the act refers to animals kept for economic … Read More