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. Anti-bullfighting activists denounced the longtime Spanish custom as cruel, while supporters insisted ending it will damage Spanish culture. Catalonians want to be independent from Spain by breaking from Spanish tradition. Barcelona is when all this while bulls seem unharmed by the activity. About 1,000 bullfights take place in Spain every year.
Bullfighting the cause of separation between Madrid and Catalonia
The Catalonia bullfighting ban was taken seriously by fans and Spanish conservatives. The Associated Press reports that the center-right Popular Party, which vigorously supports a unified Spain run from Madrid, sees a stinging anti-Spanish rebuke in the grass roots, anti-bullfighting drive which started in the region last year. Catalonia has always been one to separate from the pack considering their own language they have as well as the culture that is separate from the rest of Spain. Many in Spain have seen the pressure here for a bullfighting ban as a political statement by Catalonia to stand out from the rest of the country.
Bullfighting ban just a rebellion
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. Corrigan says that it doesn’t even matter if you are independent in today’s Europe on About.com. Less taxes going to Madrid is the real goal of most Catalonians. It doesn’t matter what you believe in politics. Rebellion is only for fun.
Further reading
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
