(ES) Catalonia votes to ban bullfighting

[AnimalConcerns.org]

Already faced with a rapidly ageing fanbase at home and widespread
incomprehension and rejection abroad, Spanish bullfighting has
suffered another major setback after the Catalan parliament voted to
outlaw it completely across the region.

The decision was so controversial that some deputies hunched over
their desks to hide their fingers from photographers as they punched
in their votes. After a narrow initial victory for the abolitionists –
67 in favour and 59 against – the law could become effective as soon
as May.

Spain's right-wing press was quick to attribute the result to Catalan
separatists' desire to dissociate themselves from an activity often
considered as typically Spanish as tapas, siestas and flamenco.
Unofficially, though, even before Friday's decision, it seems
bullfighting circles in the rest of Spain had given Catalonia up as a
lost cause.

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full story:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/catalonia-votes-to-ban-bullfighting-1855945.html

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