https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Spanish lawmakers on Thursday banned bullfighting events featuring people with dwarfism wearing costumes, a move welcomed by disability rights groups but opposed by the actual performers. https://www.thelocal.es/20230428/spain-bans-dwarf-bullfights Fri, 28 Apr 2023 11:05:08 +0200 spain-bans-dwarf-bullfights Twisting and grunting, a terrified bull with burning balls of tar attached to its horns charges into the darkness in a small town in Spain. Organisers don't want the general public to see the footage as "they know it's not culture, it's animal abuse," say activists. https://www.thelocal.es/20221117/is-this-spains-most-grotesque-bull-festival Thu, 17 Nov 2022 11:03:22 +0100 is-this-spains-most-grotesque-bull-festival Spain's controversial bull-running festivals have once again hit the headlines after a deadly summer in which at least 10 people lost their lives, exacerbating divisions over the centuries-old tradition. https://www.thelocal.es/20220906/debate-flares-over-spain-bull-running-fiestas-as-ten-die Tue, 06 Sep 2022 12:04:50 +0200 debate-flares-over-spain-bull-running-fiestas-as-ten-die It's one of the longest held stereotypes about Spanish society and one that's increasingly controversial, but will bullfighting ever be banned in Spain, or could it even die out soon? https://www.thelocal.es/20220727/in-depth-will-bullfighting-ever-be-banned-in-spain Wed, 27 Jul 2022 12:23:58 +0200 in-depth-will-bullfighting-ever-be-banned-in-spain Cries of "Toro, toro!" echo round the empty stands at Madrid's world-famous bullring where two young apprentice bullfighters have seen their promising careers abruptly halted by the pandemic. https://www.thelocal.es/20210430/in-spain-virus-puts-trainee-bullfighters-careers-on-hold Fri, 30 Apr 2021 17:39:31 +0200 in-spain-virus-puts-trainee-bullfighters-careers-on-hold Madrid officials have announced a charity bullfight in the city, in a bid to raise cash for matadors financially hit by the Covid-19 crisis. https://www.thelocal.es/20210417/spanish-crowds-to-return-to-the-bullring-next-month-in-support-of-covid-hit-matadors Sat, 17 Apr 2021 17:15:50 +0200 spanish-crowds-to-return-to-the-bullring-next-month-in-support-of-covid-hit-matadors With the news last week that the Spanish city of Pamplona in Navarra has been forced to cancel its bull running fiesta for the second year running due to the Covid crisis, animal rights activists have seized on the opportunity to call for it to be banned permanently. https://www.thelocal.es/20210209/peta-offers-cash-to-ban-pamplonas-famous-running-of-the-bulls-forever Tue, 09 Feb 2021 14:57:45 +0100 peta-offers-cash-to-ban-pamplonas-famous-running-of-the-bulls-forever A man died after being gored by a rampant bull Monday during a festival in central Spain, authorities said, the second person killed at a bull festival in the country in less than two weeks. https://www.thelocal.es/20190910/man-gored-to-death-by-bull-in-spanish-festival Tue, 10 Sep 2019 11:06:16 +0200 man-gored-to-death-by-bull-in-spanish-festival A man died after being gored by a bull on Thursday during a festival in Cuéllar. https://www.thelocal.es/20190830/spectator-gored-to-death-during-spains-cullar-bull-run Fri, 30 Aug 2019 11:26:27 +0200 spectator-gored-to-death-during-spains-cullar-bull-run When the bull collapses and dies in front of the matador, silence descends on Madrid's bullfighting ring, a "ritual" that its French manager Simon Casas vigorously defends in an increasingly conflictive climate. https://www.thelocal.es/20190525/madrids-bullfighting-ritual-acclaimed-and-contested Sat, 25 May 2019 17:06:42 +0200 madrids-bullfighting-ritual-acclaimed-and-contested Veteran bullfighter Enrique Ponce was rushed from the ring after being seriously gored during a corrida to celebrate Las Fallas festival in Valencia on Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20190319/matador-gored-in-buttock-during-bullfight-in-valencia Tue, 19 Mar 2019 12:08:11 +0100 matador-gored-in-buttock-during-bullfight-in-valencia Rubén Quintanar, 27, was hailed a hero after he rushed in to save a fallen friend and was gored to death during a village fiesta in Valencia on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.es/20180611/man-who-leapt-bulls-gored-to-death-in-valencia Mon, 11 Jun 2018 15:52:05 +0200 man-who-leapt-bulls-gored-to-death-in-valencia Shocking footage showing the suffering of a Spanish fighting bull during a fiesta in eastern Spain has renewed calls to ban bullfighting and related activites. https://www.thelocal.es/20180518/disturbing-footage-shows-torment-of-bull-in-eastern-spain Fri, 18 May 2018 16:39:00 +0200 disturbing-footage-shows-torment-of-bull-in-eastern-spain "Here all animals are born and live free until they die," says Victorino Martin, pointing proudly to the herds of fighting bulls grazing by the Tagus River on a famous breeding farm in Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20180508/breeding-fighting-bulls-in-spain-a-familys-passion Tue, 08 May 2018 11:26:54 +0200 breeding-fighting-bulls-in-spain-a-familys-passion A 45-year-old man became the first bull-running victim of 2018 when he was gored to death during an Eatser festival in southern Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20180402/video-man-gored-to-death-by-bull-during-fiesta-in-southern-spain Mon, 02 Apr 2018 14:07:14 +0200 video-man-gored-to-death-by-bull-during-fiesta-in-southern-spain Spain's government said Friday that it was contesting a law banning the killing of bulls in bullfights passed by legislators in the Balearic Islands. https://www.thelocal.es/20171111/madrid-to-contest-bullfighting-ban-on-balearic-islands Sat, 11 Nov 2017 11:39:31 +0100 madrid-to-contest-bullfighting-ban-on-balearic-islands A Spanish bullfighter has provoked a storm of controversy after parading around a bullring draped in the Franco-era flag of Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20170918/pirate-bullfighter-provokes-a-storm-with-franco-era-flag Mon, 18 Sep 2017 14:47:37 +0200 pirate-bullfighter-provokes-a-storm-with-franco-era-flag The Balearic regional parliament has voted in a raft of new measures that overhaul bullfights and ensure that no animals are hurt in the spectacle. https://www.thelocal.es/20170724/balaeric-islands-ban-blood-in-the-bullring Mon, 24 Jul 2017 18:14:48 +0200 balaeric-islands-ban-blood-in-the-bullring Spain's royal family joined politicians and the bullfighting world on Sunday in mourning matador Ivan Fandino, gored to death in a fight in France. https://www.thelocal.es/20170619/spain-royal-family-mourn-slain-matador-gored-by-bull Mon, 19 Jun 2017 11:14:03 +0200 spain-royal-family-mourn-slain-matador-gored-by-bull Renowned Spanish bullfighter Iván Fandiño died in hospital on Saturday after being gored by a bull during a fight in southwestern France, a medical service source said. https://www.thelocal.es/20170618/spanish-bullfighter-dies-after-being-gored Sun, 18 Jun 2017 16:57:47 +0200 spanish-bullfighter-dies-after-being-gored