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Spain's Catalonia Moves to Ban Bullfighting


Animals  (tags: catalonia, bulltorture, bull fighting, animal advocates, ban, animal welfare, legalisation )

Simone
- 152 days ago - time.com
After decades of both intense anti-bullfighting activism and benign neglect (Las Arenas hasn't hosted a bullfight since 1990), Catalonia may become the first of Spain's autonomous regions to officially ban the sport. At the end of October, the Catalan
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Eureka Morrison (342)
Monday October 19, 2009, 2:13 pm
Thank you Simone for keeping the plight of bull fighting in the news. The rest of Spain has a long, long way to go. The word from animal rights activists in Spain is that it will take at least another 20 years to phase out this barbarity. And with the deafening silence of the Catholic Church on this issue one can understand why it will take another 20 years......
 

chris b. (2051)
Monday October 19, 2009, 2:16 pm
Hope for the bull yet in part of Spain, may this spread to the rest of the bull atrocities across the whole country!
 

Simone D. (1093)
Monday October 19, 2009, 2:23 pm
Yes, so do I Chris. Please sign the Firebull petition, still more signatures needed - http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/firebull---stop-the-burning-of-live-bulls

FireBull Group - WALK YOUR TALK - AT LEAST UNTIL 11TH NOVEMBER 09!




 

Tierney G. (335)
Monday October 19, 2009, 3:17 pm
I am not surprised about the Catholic church( Vatican) being silent. Thier priorities are messed up!!!!
Thanks Simone
 

Animalib No Emails Please (115)
Monday October 19, 2009, 4:17 pm
Hoping this will be very contagious in Spain and spreads quickly and uncontrolably . The Vatican has a lot to answer for and I could say a lot of nasty things about them right now but hey, no need to their day will come and they will have to pay big time.
 

Animalib No Emails Please (115)
Monday October 19, 2009, 4:18 pm
Spelt uncontrollably wrong.
 

Rhonda Maness (513)
Monday October 19, 2009, 4:24 pm
Thanks Simone
 

Carole W. (92)
Tuesday October 20, 2009, 7:17 am
"It's a sign of popular support for the measure that we were able to collect 180,000 signatures — three times the number we needed to present a legal initiative before parliament," says Jennifer Berengueras, spokeswoman for Prou (the word means "enough" in the Catalan language), the association that organized the campaign.

At last, the message has got through. I hope the vote succeeds in Spanish Parliament. To sign the petition to help the bulls (this petition has less than 2 weeks to run) see

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/firebull---stop-the-burning-of-live-bulls
 

Cynthia No Mail Davis (283)
Tuesday October 20, 2009, 8:25 pm
Thank you! You signed at 7:44 AM PDT, Sep 28, 2009 I hate bull fighting wish I could sign it again.
 
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