Bullfighting Ends In Barcelona
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From Newser
By Mark Russell
Today’s bullfights at the 97-year-old Plaza de Toros Monumental arena in Barcelona will be the last ever for the venerable—and brutal—sport in Catalonia province, reports the BBC.
The province voted to end bullfighting last year, the first ban on the corrida de toros in mainland Spain (it’s been banned on the Canary Islands since 1991).
“This is such a beautiful arena, with a lot of tradition both for bullfighters and this national celebration,” said one matador. Although attendance for bullfighting has been poor for many years, tickets to the last matches at the 20,000-seat Monumental sold out quickly, and have been selling for five times their original value on black markets.
The ban came partly from Catalonians’ desire to distinguish themselves from the rest of Spain and partly because of declining interest, but animal rights groups say they hope to extend their campaign to the rest of the country.
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whatever the reason
good news,
we will take it
and work even harder
tomorrow,
to make it
Karen Lyons Kalmenson
Our Compass 
whatever the reason
good news,
we will take it
and work even harder
tomorrow,
to make it
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its about time, i hope there is a sanctuary for these animals…
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I AM SO PLEASED THAT THIS DISGUSTING DEGRADING SLOW TORTURE OF INNOCENT BULLS IS ENDING. IT MUST END EVERYWHERE IN SPAIN AND ANY OTHER COUNTRY THAT TAKES PLEASURE IN KILLING ANIMALS FOR FUN !!!!!!
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Yyaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thank you Spain for finally understanding and honoring the commandment “Thou shalt not kill”.
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Bulls will likely be used as veal. Bullfighting was an asshole macho sadistic pastime but that it has been outlawed does not mean the bulls will spend their lives as anything other than meat.
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Spain still has bullfighting. It is Catalonia that has banned it ….for now! I hope this is the beginning of the end for bullfighting in Spain, but I don’t feel optimistic about it. Barcelona staged its final bullfight in September last year, ahead of the ban, or so everyone thought!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2041768/Barcelona-stages-final-bullfight-ahead-historic-ban.html
In 2004, after a petition from ADDA and WSPA of almost 250,000 signatures, the Barcelona City Council voted in favour of the city becoming anti-bullfighting. Joan Clos, the then mayor of Barcelona, was instrumental in achieving this when he allowed a secret vote in order that every councillor could vote freely. The mayor ordered the bullring closed, but locals had other ideas and Barcelona has continued to hold bullfights in the city.
This time there is a ban, but will the Catalan Parliament repeal this ban at some point in the future? Those who support bullfighting want to alienate Catalonia, they are saying Catalonia is only banning the bullfight because it does not wish to be part of Spain, that the reason for the ban is political. They said the same thing back in 2004, yet surveys have consistently shown that the majority of Catalans want bullfighting banned because they think it is cruel and not solely because they support Catalan nationalism. This is really important because it influences how the rest of Spain views the ban.
It’s great news, but we should keep up the pressure on the rest of Spain as well as congratulating the Catalan Parliament for such a ‘compassionate’ decision. There are winds of change in Spain regarding animals; look at the animal rights groups now, there are many of them and they are very active.
In France too, things are changing… you’ve probably all seen this video, but just in case anyone hasn’t, here is a link – notice how violent the spectators are towards the protesters who remained non-violent throughout, so brave!
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