https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A bid to ban bullfighting in France has been abandoned, to the relief of lovers of the traditional blood sport and dismay for animal rights' activists. https://www.thelocal.fr/20221125/french-mp-abandons-bid-to-ban-bullfighting Fri, 25 Nov 2022 10:33:48 +0100 french-mp-abandons-bid-to-ban-bullfighting Bullfighting has hit the French headlines once again as a man protesting the blood sport was attacked by a bull in an arena in southern France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170828/anti-bullfighting-activist-attacked-by-bull-in-france Mon, 28 Aug 2017 11:19:18 +0200 anti-bullfighting-activist-attacked-by-bull-in-france An animal rights activist leapt into the bullring at one of France's biggest summer festivals on Tuesday in an effort to protest the sport. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170816/vegan-activist-jumps-into-bullring-to-protest-french-bayonne-bullfighting-festival Wed, 16 Aug 2017 13:03:55 +0200 vegan-activist-jumps-into-bullring-to-protest-french-bayonne-bullfighting-festival Renowned Spanish bullfighter Ivan Fandino 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.fr/20170618/renowned-spanish-bullfighter-dies-after-being-gored-in-south-west-france Sun, 18 Jun 2017 21:22:21 +0200 renowned-spanish-bullfighter-dies-after-being-gored-in-south-west-france France's top court on Friday upheld a ban on new cockfighting pits, as the country seeks to stamp out the ancient bloodsport that continues in some regions despite being banned in most parts of the world. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150731/french-court-says-non-to-new-cockfighting-pits Fri, 31 Jul 2015 13:27:14 +0200 french-court-says-non-to-new-cockfighting-pits The 44-year-old Frenchman was gored to death during a bull festival in Alicante. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150714/french-tourist-gored-to-death-by-bull-in-spain Tue, 14 Jul 2015 13:05:16 +0200 french-tourist-gored-to-death-by-bull-in-spain Anti-bullfighting campaigners in France were cheering on Friday after a French court ruled that the tradition of "La Corrida" should indeed be taken off the national list of cultural heritage. Although it's unlikely to be banned anytime soon. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150605/france-cuts-bullfighting-from-cultural-heritage-list Fri, 05 Jun 2015 17:02:28 +0200 france-cuts-bullfighting-from-cultural-heritage-list After a protest against bullfighting in south-western France left a man in a coma over the weekend, The Local asks two key figures from either side of the argument whether the tradition should be protected or eradicated from French life. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130826/bullfighting-is-a-french-tradition-im-sick-of-the-protests Mon, 26 Aug 2013 20:00:00 +0200 bullfighting-is-a-french-tradition-im-sick-of-the-protests French Interior Minister Manuel Valls delivered a passionate defence of bullfighting Tuesday, as the country's constitutional council examined a call to ban the bloody sport. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120912/bullfighting-is-a-culture-we-must-preserve-valls Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:23:00 +0200 bullfighting-is-a-culture-we-must-preserve-valls