AR-News: (UK) Barcelona votes to end bullfights

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

About 100 bulls are killed each year in bullfights in Barcelona
Barcelona has voted to ban bullfighting, after a big campaign by animal 
rights groups. 
Nearly 250,000 people signed a petition calling for abolition in Catalonia, 
of which Barcelona is the capital. 
The regional government must now approve the ban, the first of its kind in 
Spain, for it to become law. 
Supporters of the sport, regarded by many as a national pastime, have 
threatened to take to the streets in protest. 
In a secret ballot, 21 councillors voted in favour, 15 against, with two 
abstentions. 



full story:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3605225.stm 
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