If you go to Spain, you would know how essential bullfighting is to the country. Yet bullfighting was banned in the Spanish province of Catalonia July 28. The bullfighting ban could have to start by year 2010 in Spain. The ban was passed by Catalonian parliament in Barcelona while animal rights activists cheered with job and happiness. But individuals close to the story said the bullfighting ban was not about animal cruelty. It was a political act of Catalon nationalism as the province tries to set itself apart from the rest of Spain.
Catalonia bullfighting ban doesn’t care about the bulls
Politics is the main focus of the Catalonia bullfighting ban. NPR reminds us that there were only 15 bullfights in the one Catalonian bullring each year anyway. When it passed, many worried that Spanish culture would be tainted, when others were glad the cruelty was going to end. Some Catalonians calling for even greater independence from Spain say the bullfighting ban shows they’re willing to break from Spanish tradition. Bulls aren’t affected by this sport that started in Barcelona. Each year, 1,000 bullfights are witnessed in Spain.
Catalonia and Madrid differences in bullfighting
Spanish conservatives and fans of bullfighting were upset with the Catalonia bullfighting ban. The Popular Party is expecting there to be an anti-Spanish rebuke in the near future with everything that is going on. Catalonia has always been one to separate from the pack considering their own language they have also as the culture that is separate from the rest of Spain. It wouldn’t be at all surprising if this was totally political considering Catalonia always tries to be different from the rest of the country.
Bullfighting ban is rebellion for rebellion’s sake
The Catalonia bullfighting ban indeed has nothing to do with sympathy for the bulls bleeding to death within the bullring, according to Spanish travel blogger Damian Corrigan. Writing for About.com, Corrigan said Catalonia’s self-indulgent struggle for independence is illogical and irrelevant in today’s Europe. Really, all that Catalonians want are less taxes going to Madrid. It doesn’t matter what you believe in politics. Rebellion is only for fun.
NPR
npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/07/28/128817532/bullfighting-banned-in-spanish-province
Associated Press
google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hoSaaIUwsevwg2RB34sY8mHh7tNAD9H82A704
About.com
gospain.about.com/b/2010/07/28/barcelona-bullfighting-ban.htm
