NEWS: (Spain) Spaniards call for bullfights to stop
Posted by: "BIBiel" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
bibiel Sat Oct 20, 2007
7:34 am (PST)
http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/Spaniards-call-for-bullfights-to-stop/2007/10/19/1192300988226.html
Spaniards call for bullfights to stop
October 19, 2007
A group of Spanish politicians, intellectuals, artists and environmentalists
has called for the abolition of bullfights, describing them as an obstacle to
the defence of animal rights.
Spain had a legal vacuum on animal rights despite ill-treatment in the form of
bullfights, hanging hunting dogs that were no longer used, or village
traditions such as hurling goats from church towers, the personalities said in
a manifesto.
The document was signed in parliament during an event, organised by the Green
Party, to campaign for the rights of animals.
There was not a massive support for bullfights in Spain, though many saw them
as a sign of culture and identity, Green MP Francisco Garrido said.
The personalities demanded national legislation to protect the rights of
animals, which are now covered largely by regional legislation.
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