Ban On Bullfighting Spain

Spain's Constitutional Court on Thursday cancelled a ban on bullfighting in the region of Catalonia, in what is likely to exacerbate tensions between animal activists and fans of the centuries-old tradition.

Thousands of Spaniards took to the streets of Madrid on Saturday to demand an end to the centuries-old but controversial tradition of bullfighting.

Matadors have driven the killing sword into bulls for the last time in Spain's powerful northeastern region of Catalonia in an emotive farewell fight before a regional ban on the country's emblematic tradition takes effect.

Spain's Constitutional Court on Thursday cancelled a ban on bullfighting in the region of Catalonia, in what is likely to exacerbate tensions between animal activists and fans of the centuries-old tradition.

Thousands of Spaniards took to the streets of Madrid on Saturday to demand an end to the centuries-old but controversial tradition of bullfighting.

Matadors have driven the killing sword into bulls for the last time in Spain's powerful northeastern region of Catalonia in an emotive farewell fight before a regional ban on the country's emblematic tradition takes effect.