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Bullfighting's South American home moves to ban the bloodthirsty tradition
Bogota’s left-wing city council backed a law that will make it illegal to 'lacerate, cut, maim, injure, burn or hurt animals in any form whatsoever'
ByMichael Moran Audience Writer
18:31, 11 JUN 2020
Left-wing politicians in Bogota, Columbia, are set to outlaw bullfighting in the city, ending a tradition that has seen the city become home to some of the biggest bullrings outside Spain.
The city council plans to outlaw the mistreatment and killing of the animals in a move aimed at eventually banning the events altogether.
The move ratchets up pressure on a spectacle long seen as part of the South American country’s cultural heritage, but one slammed as cruel by animal rights campaigners.
Bogota’s city council backed a draft law that would prohibit the use of implements that “lacerate, cut, maim, injure, burn or hurt animals in any form whatsoever, as well as putting a bull to death”, Andrea Padilla, a Green Alliance Party council member and the bill’s promoter, told reporters.
More:
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/bullfightings-south-american-home-moves-22177689
