Bullfights are on the rise again. And the voice of public opinion is once again being heard, not only the animal rights activists And environmentalists, opposed to this death ritual. In 2022, bullfights in Spain increased by 60 percent compared to 2019 (the year of Covid). and there have been over 20 thousand FestivalsThroughout Spain, with the killing of bulls, cows, calves, and oxen.
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WHY ABOLISH BULLFIGHTING?
Bullfighting is now just a death rite, with a dwindling audience and the new generations feeling very distant and opposed to its celebration: only 15 percent of young Spaniards are in favor ofbullfighting showsBut in addition to these figures, there are those concerning the rich business centered around bullfighting: the breeders, the organizers of the shows, the matadors, the agents who go around looking for the most suitable bulls. A circus of death. Very similar to the one that accompanies the Festival of dogs in China.
Years of fighting have yielded some results, and today bullfighting is banned in many areas of Spain, starting with the region of Catalonia. A total of 99 municipal administrations throughout the country have decided to abolish the liturgy of the death of the bulls, and sometimes even bullfighters. In 2022, more than 20 bulls were killed in bullfights and festivals.
WHERE BULLFIGHTING IS ALLOWED
On the contrary, bullfighting is considered a popular activity in Madrid, Murcia, and Castilla-La Mancha. It is also legal in other countries, such as France and Portugal, and in five Latin American nations. In this part of the world, only Colombia is abandoning the ritual of killing the bulls. While elsewhere, bullfights and festivals grow in number and turnover.
BULL-KILLING FESTIVAL
Alongside the bullfights, there are festivals with bulls, cows, calves and oxenScattered throughout Spain and well-funded by local governments and the national public spending tap, the most violent of these festivals is San Fermin in Pamplona, held between July 7th and 14th each year: every day, six bulls parade through the streets, like condemned men, before being killed in the town's arena. The festivals are another reason to abolish bullfighting, which in fact encourages and fuels them.
THE MEANING OF BULLFIGHTING
If it says: but bullfighting is a popular festival, soul of a people. It's not true. The Spanish writer Rosa Montero, daughter of a bullfighter, interviewed by Corriere della Sera, explains well that a macabre rite of death and torture of bulls cannot be considered a national holiday. animals that sees only a third of Spanish citizens are in favor.
BULLFIGHTING TRADITION
Bullfighting must be closed and consigned to historyThis is the only way to preserve its charm and memory intact. Continuing to celebrate it is an act against animals, against humanity, against common sense. And it promotes violence, the last thing we need right now in our global world, which is all upside down.
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