{"id":81737,"date":"2016-10-24T12:00:02","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T11:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=81737"},"modified":"2016-10-23T16:31:18","modified_gmt":"2016-10-23T15:31:18","slug":"spanish-court-overturns-catalonian-bullfighting-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2016\/10\/spanish-court-overturns-catalonian-bullfighting-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish Court Overturns Catalonian Bullfighting Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bullfighting, a bloody ritual intended to ennoble both the “torero” and his victim, has been popular in Spain for generations.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Spanish bullfighter Jose Tomas performs a pass to a bull during the last bullfight at Monumental bullring in central Barcelona Sept. 25, 2011.
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21 Oct 2016 – <\/em>Spain’s Constitutional Court on Thursday [20 Oct] overturned a ban on bullfighting imposed in Catalonia, calling it a cultural asset protected under national law in a ruling likely to fuel political tensions between the region and Madrid.<\/p>\n

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Bullfighting, a bloody ritual intended to ennoble both the ‘torero’ and his victim, has been popular in Spain for generations.<\/p>\n

But its appeal has waned as animal rights activists and a generation of Spaniards exposed to less traditional values question the legitimacy of an activity they say is barbaric and archaic.<\/p>\n

Catalonia, a wealthy region in the country’s north east with its own language and customs and a strong and active independence movement, became the first part of mainland Spain to outlaw the spectacle in 2012.<\/p>\n

But the constitutional court ruled Thursday that the ban was invalid as bullfighting was protected under Spanish law and exempt from prohibition at a regional level.<\/p>\n

Having already refused to accept a ruling from the same court invalidating Catalonia’s pursuit of independence, authorities in the region indicated they would ignore Thursday’s verdict too.<\/p>\n

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“There will be no bullfights in Catalonia again,” said Josep Rull, a member of the Catalonian parliament.<\/p>\n

A long-running dispute with the central government over Catalonia’s independence drive was sharpened in early October when the region’s parliament voted to hold a referendum on secession next September.<\/p>\n

Spanish animal rights political party Pacma denounced Thursday’s bullfighting ruling, posting on Twitter; “We will not rest until it is abolished in all of Spain.”<\/p>\n

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