In a controversial move, Spain's Catalonia region has voted to outlaw bullfighting. It is only the second region in the country to do so, following in the footsteps of the Canary Islands. The bill went to the regional parliament after a petition was signed by 180,000 people. ...The ban in Catalonia is expected to come into force in 2012, when the last remaining bullring in Barcelona will be shut down.
In a controversial move, Spain's Catalonia region has voted to outlaw bullfighting.
It is only the second region in the country to do so, following in the footsteps of the Canary Islands.
The bill went to the regional parliament after a petition was signed by 180,000 people.
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The ban in Catalonia is expected to come into force in 2012, when the last remaining bullring in Barcelona will be shut down.
Bull-fighting banned in Catalonia. I weep for the poor bulls who will be put out of work by this POLITICAL CORRECTNESS GONE MAD
How about "European region which happens to be situated in the Iberian peninsula"?
One suspects that the corrida industry in French Catalonia is rubbing its hands and installing extra seating. It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue - Queen Elizabeth II
