Post by AnimalAvenger on Dec 31, 2009 18:08:41 GMT -5
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8418014.stm
The corrida, or bullfight, has long been a part of Spanish life. But the Catalan parliament in Barcelona will in the next few months consider a proposal to ban it, becoming the first mainland region in of Spain to do so.
Parliament voted to hold the debate after campaigners gathered 180,000 signatures of support for a petition calling on deputies to include the bull in existing animal protection legislation.
The petition recommends compensation for those currently working in the industry, including breeders of the bulls.
"Bullfighting is about animal rights, it's about cruelty and about a bloody entertainment," says Eric Gallego, from the group known as Prou.
"We think that we must stop this cruelty because we don't want to be a barbaric society inside Europe."
Parliament voted to hold the debate after campaigners gathered 180,000 signatures of support for a petition calling on deputies to include the bull in existing animal protection legislation.
The petition recommends compensation for those currently working in the industry, including breeders of the bulls.
"Bullfighting is about animal rights, it's about cruelty and about a bloody entertainment," says Eric Gallego, from the group known as Prou.
"We think that we must stop this cruelty because we don't want to be a barbaric society inside Europe."
