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Judi Lynn

(160,634 posts)
Sat Oct 22, 2016, 08:02 PM Oct 2016

Hundreds march to protest bullfighting's return to Barcelona

Source: Associated Press

Hundreds march to protest bullfighting's return to Barcelona

Associated Press

Updated 11:10 am, Saturday, October 22, 2016

MADRID (AP) — Hundreds of people have marched in Barcelona to protest the return of bullfighting to the city.


Spain's Constitutional Court overruled Catalonia's regional ban on bullfighting Thursday, saying the prohibition violated a national law protecting the controversial spectacle.

Spain's Pacma animal rights political party called for Saturday's protest as part of its "Mission Abolition."

Pacma has said it will continue to fight to end bull-related spectacles at a national level.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/world/article/Hundreds-march-to-protest-bullfighting-s-return-10122795.php

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Hundreds march to protest bullfighting's return to Barcelona (Original Post) Judi Lynn Oct 2016 OP
a barbaric type of "entertainment" knr joeybee12 Oct 2016 #1
Disgusting - UGH ailsagirl Oct 2016 #2

ailsagirl

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2. Disgusting - UGH
Sat Oct 22, 2016, 08:30 PM
Oct 2016

So glad there are protests-- it's time this barbarous practice was permanently shelved

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