Wednesday 28 July 2010

Catalonia bans Las Corridas

Catalonia officially outlawed the practice of bullfighting from its region last Wednesday with a Parliament vote.

After animal rights activists campaigned for years, for the first time on mainland Spain the century-old spectacle that attracts at the same time tourism and criticism has been banned by Catalunian Parliament.

Josep Rull, MP for the Catalonian nationalist party (CiU) said: "There are some traditions that can't remain frozen in time as society changes. We don't have to ban everything, but the most degrading things should be banned."

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