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Spain abolishes national bullfighting award

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MADRID – Spain scrapped an annual bullfighting award on Friday, prompting a rebuke from conservatives over a backlash against a centuries-old tradition they see as an art form but which has run into growing concern for animal welfare. Spanish-style bullfighting, in...

FILE PHOTO: Bullfighter Fernando Robleno is gored by a bull from the Jose Escolar Gil ranch during a bullfight at Sanfermines in Pamplona, Spain, July 8, 2023. REUTERS/Susana Vera/File Photo

The Culture Ministry said it based its decision to abolish the award on the"new social and cultural reality in Spain" where worries about animal welfare have risen while attendance at most bullrings has declined. It has recently become a defining issue in Spain's culture wars, pitting left-wing parties such as Sumar, to which Urtasun belongs, against right-wing conservatives who support the tradition.Pongal Open House to kick off in Little India on Jan 6

 

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