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Spanish Town Abolishes Bullfights in Favor of Books
In a refreshing change for a country that
loves its bullfights, the Spanish town of Villafranca de los
Caballeros, situated about 80 miles south of Madrid, has decided to cancel its annual bullfight and use the nearly $20,000 saved on books and school supplies for local children.
A bullfight has been the central attraction of the small town’s fiesta for over a decade, but enough is enough.
“It’s a question of priorities,” said the town’s newly elected socialist mayor, Julián Bolaños.
“There is a lot of unemployment in this town and many people simply
don’t have money to buy school supplies for their children.” He estimated that the town, which has a population of 5,200, was spending as much as €18,000 a year to hold the annual event.
The Beginning Of The End Of Bullfighting In Spain?
The key here is that Bolaños is a
socialist who was elected mayor of Villafranca de los Caballeros (the
free town of gentlemen) in May’s local elections. He is not alone.
Voters in Spain overwhelmingly backed new left-wing parties
in these elections, and as a result the control of several important
cities such as Madrid, Valencia and Alicante all changed hands. One of
the effects of this switch has been the most serious challenge yet to
the practice of bullfighting in Spain.
Just a few examples: Manuela Carmena, the new mayor of Madrid, a traditional bastion of the bullfight, has said publicly that “not one euro of public money” will go toward bullfighting;
in the city of Valencia the mayor, Joan Ribó, has likewise stated that
no government money will go to finance any event in which bulls are
killed; in Alicante,
the bull run which has traditionally been a part of the city’s August
festival was replaced by a cycling race, and the new government has said
it plans to ban municipal land from being used in bullfights by 2017.
It began with a ban on bullfighting in Catalonia in 2011, but now the push to abolish the so-called “sport” is gaining steam.
As The Independent notes:
“In the resort of Gandia,
bullfighting has already been banned because, according to local
officials, it amounts to animal abuse.
In nearby Dénia, the annual bous a la
mar, in which the bull eventually ends up being pushed into the sea,
faces a local referendum before it will be staged again.
Further north in Zaragoza, organisers
of toros embolados, where firecrackers are attached to the bulls’
horns, have been told that they will no longer receive public money to
put on their fiestas.”
Only Small Steps
Animal rights activists in Spain have
welcomed their actions but point out that more needs to be done, with
more than 16,000 fiestas involving bulls being planned this year in some
3,000 municipalities across the country. These are events which
frequently result in animal deaths, and where in addition spectators and
participants are often injured, or even killed.
The best-known of these is Pamplona’s San
Fermin festival, made famous in Ernest Hemingway’s “Death in the
Afternoon.” During the event, crowds run through the town chased by
bulls, invariably leading to several gorings before the bulls are
slaughtered.
As Care2’s Abigail Geer explains here, bullfighting,
the burning bull, the running of the bulls and other events are
world-renowned and closely tied in with Spain’s cultural image, bringing
in tourism and helping the economy to thrive.
So, there are some huge obstacles to overcome, but change has started to happen.
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