Being anti-bullfighting is to be anti-Spanish, because it means giving up "the very essence of our being Spanish." were the words of Esperanza Aguirre against those who defend animal rights and want an end to bullfighting.
These were the words of the archaic minister of Spain's governing party, Esperanza Aguirre during a bull fighting festival in Sevilla this week. A group of animal rights protestors had turned up to show their indignation towards Spain's animal cruelty in bullfighting in which spears are lanced into a bull in an enclosed area prior to it being tortured then slain in front of crowds of cheering sadists.
In a country like Spain that has more Michelin star restaurants than many other western European countries, Esperanza Aguirre would prefer for Spain to be recognized for this blood bath more than it's diet, quality of life or it's move towards more modern civilized countries.
Esperanza Aguirre prefered talk up the barbarity of a Spanish tradition of animal cruelty and in saying so, anyone who wants to stop it is not doing it in the interests of the animals but purely in the interests of being anti-Spain.
The Cataluña region of Spain however, banned this barbarity several years ago. A ban on bullfighting in Cataluña was approved by the Catalan Parliament on 28 July 2010, following a petition organised by the PROU platform. The ban came into force on 1 January 2012. Bullfights by matadors were banned in Cataluña at the end 2011 but bull-dodging, in which bulls are not killed, remains lawful.
Meanwhile, Spain forbids animal cruelty in the form of jail sentencing yet rewards bull fighters with medals.
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