Catalonia moves to abolish bullfighting
Posted by: JamieL_v2 on 28 July 2010
Daily Telegraph story Gruniad story I suspect this may be of interest to some on the forum, and hopefully will not spark a antagonistic debate like some threads recently.
Personally I am pleased to hear this news, and am not surprised that a large part of the audiences are tourists these days, and also not surprised to hear many leave after witnessing what happens.
Posted on: 28 July 2010 by Mick P
Jamie
I have a shack in the province of Almeria in Spain which is very traditional and very old Spain.
Even there, bullfighting is struggling to survive. Ten years ago, you had to queue to get into a bullring now there are always empty seats.
The young people respect it and the tradition that goes with it but they are a bit too embarrassed to go to the fight. The older people resent paying a minimum charge of 55 euros when the average wage in this area is around 320 euros and nearly 25% are unemployed.
It is dying and the feeling in Spain is that banning it is a step to far because tradition is respected but the final truth is that people are staying away and that in itself will kill it off.
Regards
Mick
Posted on: 28 July 2010 by Mike Dudley
Clearly, time for an Homage.
Posted on: 28 July 2010 by JamieL_v2
BANNED!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10784611Perhaps it is no longer commercially viable, but banning cruelty is a legal matter, and this traditional activity is/was somehow exempt from the countries cruelty laws. They are probably bringing it more in line with more modern ethical standards.
Apparently the UK ban on fox hunting was a contributing factor to the law change as those wishing to stop the activity saw that similar anti cruelty legislation had been successfully in the UK.
Posted on: 28 July 2010 by droodzilla
I think this is the key point:
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But while the official debate is over animal rights, many believe this process is an attempt by nationalist-minded Catalans to mark their difference from the rest of Spain by rejecting one of its best known traditions.
Catalonia has never been big on bullfighting anyway, as evidenced by the fact that the only working bullring in the region is in Barcelona.
Posted on: 28 July 2010 by Don Hooper
Great news, lets hope the rest of Spains follows suit soon.
Posted on: 29 July 2010 by 151
yes, and f--k tradition.
