Bullfighting celebrations in Spain only survive through public subsidieslarger |
smallerBy h.b. - Sep 17, 2007 - 8:33 AM 
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The claim comes from the Animal Rights Foundation Altarriba, which says each Spanish family spends 47€ a year on subsidising cruelty to animalsBullfights and other celebrations which use bulls in Spain only take place thanks to 564 million € in public grants.
A new study just published by the
Altarriba Foundation is set to strengthen growing opposition to bullfighting in Spain by revealing that every Spanish family is paying
47 € a year to support the so-called ‘
National Fiesta’.
The money is spent by public administrations on bullfights, bullruns and grants to bullfighting schools, according to the foundation which defends animal rights.
Altarriba Foundation spokesperson,
Matilde Figuroa, commented that in the end the bullfighters will almost be public civil servants.
She said that the bulls, but also heifers, horses and other animals are the victims of cruelty for human diversion in Spain, and according to the
National Association for the Protection and Well-being of Animals ANPBA, the number of animals killed each year is about 60,000.
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