Every year, approximately 250,000 bulls are killed in bullfights. The animals are stabbed multiple times before suffering slow, agonizing deaths in front of an audience, including children. Animal cruelty is not entertainment. You can help by not attending bullfights.
Bullfights are not "fair fights" between a bull and a matador, but highly staged forms of animal cruelty, sanctioned and subsidized by governments. These outdated spectacles perpetuate the idea that injuring and killing an animal for amusement is acceptable. With attendance at an all-time low and bans enacted by several countries and cities, bullfighting is on the decline; yet events still take place in Spain, France, Portugal, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, and Mexico. HSI is focusing in particular on ending government use of public funds to support the bullfighting industry. In addition, we are working to end child bullfighting.
News
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September 27, 2011
Final Curtain Falls on Catalonian Bullfighting
As the 2011 bullfighting season drew to a close, the last-ever spectacle of this kind of animal cruelty to be staged at a bullring in Catalonia was held in Barcelona.
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April 25, 2011
HSI Condemns French Government’s Approval of Proposal to Safeguard Bullfighting as Intangible Cultural Heritage
HSI condemned the French Ministry of Culture for approving a proposal from the bullfighting industry to get this cruel bloodsport declared a form of intangible cultural heritage under the terms of a UNESCO Convention.
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February 24, 2011
Campaigning Against Bullfighting in Mexico
HSI returned to Mexico City in support of an anti-bullfighting campaign and participated in partner recognition.
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July 28, 2010
HSI Hails Historic Vote to Ban Bullfighting in Catalonia
HSI hailed the historic decision by the Catalan Parliament to ban bullfighting as a victory for animal welfare and congratulated the Catalan Parliament for responding to its citizens’ calls to put an end to this outdated tradition in their region.