Spanish king comes out in defense of bullfighting

Fri, 26 Mar 2010

Madrid - Spain's King Juan Carlos has intervened in an ongoing debate on the country's bullfighting tradition, describing it as a "fertile cultural and artistic world," press reports said Friday.

The monarch made the comments while presenting bullfighting prizes awarded by a cavalry institution in the southern city of Seville on Thursday.

Breeders of fighting bulls preserved their "pure race," the king said.

Juan Carlos and his eldest child Elena are known as bullfighting enthusiasts.

The king commented on bullfighting at a time when the parliament of the north-eastern region of Catalonia is considering a ban on the spectacle, which opponents regard as animal torture.

The regions of Madrid, Valencia and Murcia, on the other hand, have announced they will declare bullfights a part of their cultural heritage.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/315931,spanish-king-comes-out-in-defence-of-bullfighting.html.